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Pot Smokers Show Less Inflammationby Agata Blaszczak-Boxe, Contributing Writer | December 17, 2014
People who smoke marijuana may have lower levels of inflammation compared with people who have never smoked it, according to new research on one marker of inflammation.
In the study, researchers examined data from more than 9,000 people on their history of marijuana use and their levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), one marker of inflammation that is frequently linked with people's risk of <a class="" href="http://www.livescience.com/49162-marijuana-smokers-lower-inflammation.html?adbid=548310748397457410&adbpl=tw&adbpr=15428397&cmpid=514645_20141226_37477347#"><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:100%;color:rgb(0,153,0);background-color:transparent;">heart![[Image: icon1.png]](http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png)
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About 40 percent of the people in the study said they had never smoked marijuana, while 48 percent reported having smoked the drug at least once in their lifetimes, but not in the past 30 days. About 12 percent (1115) said they smoked marijuana recently, or at least once in the past 30 days. The researchers found that the people who smoked in the last month had lower CRP levels than those who had never smoked the drug...................
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People who smoke marijuana may have lower levels of inflammation compared with people who have never smoked it, according to new research on one marker of inflammation.
In the study, researchers examined data from more than 9,000 people on their history of marijuana use and their levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), one marker of inflammation that is frequently linked with people's risk of <a class="" href="http://www.livescience.com/49162-marijuana-smokers-lower-inflammation.html?adbid=548310748397457410&adbpl=tw&adbpr=15428397&cmpid=514645_20141226_37477347#"><span style="font-weight:normal;font-size:100%;color:rgb(0,153,0);background-color:transparent;">heart
</span></a> disease.About 40 percent of the people in the study said they had never smoked marijuana, while 48 percent reported having smoked the drug at least once in their lifetimes, but not in the past 30 days. About 12 percent (1115) said they smoked marijuana recently, or at least once in the past 30 days. The researchers found that the people who smoked in the last month had lower CRP levels than those who had never smoked the drug...................
http://www.livescience.com/49162-marijua...6_37477347