The claim "Cannabis use raises risk of heart attack and stroke more than cocaine, other drugs" is somewhat true, but partially misleading. The claim itself needs a correction because the article itself never directly compares the 2 drugs side by side. The article argues a broader approach to the fact that cannabis does carry heart, brain, and mental health risks. The article itself is good and explains the risks of cannabis on humans. In the same Fox News article, the author, Berenson uses heavy evidence of the drug being linked to heart attacks, strokes, mental illness, and even suicide. He also cited a study that found cannabis users that were under the age of 50 were a staggering 6 times more likely to experience heart attacks than those who do not use it (BU School of Medicine 2025). This study being quoted pushed me to research farther into this and I found an article from the ACC that furthermore proves the risks of cannabis. The article uses the same research study and adds, "Their findings indicate that over an average follow-up of over three years, cannabis users had more than a sixfold increased risk of heart attack, fourfold increased risk of ischemic stroke, twofold increased risk of heart failure and threefold increased risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack or stroke" among the same study sample (under 50 users/non-users). Along with this the NIH uses a study from the National Institutes of Health, conducted on approximately 4350,000 American adults, to concur that cannabis through smoking was connected to a 25% increased likelihood of heart attack and 42% increased likelihood of stroke.
The author uses real claims and backs up his idea making the claim true, despite not technically comparing it to cocaine. Everything used is researched and studied statistics, but the author could definitely go more in depth on the real comparison between cannabis and cocaine since he used it in his claim.
