Study: Marijuana Use Linked to Increased Risk of Severe COVID-19

Researchers found that people who use cannabis may have a higher chance of developing severe COVID-19.

An electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects), which causes COVID-19, emerging from cultured cells. NIAID via The Epoch Times

Researchers found that people who use cannabis may have a higher chance of developing severe COVID-19, according to a paper released Friday.

A study, published June 21 in the JAMA Network Open, looked at the health records of more than 72,000 people who were seen for COVID-19 at a health care system based in the Midwest in 2020 and 2021, or the first two years of the pandemic.