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October 13, 2005

Behavior, Other

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Question from Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA:

I’ve had diabetes for about six years. I smoke marijuana daily. How does smoking marijuana affect my diabetes?

Answer:

From: DTeam Staff

Using marijuana with diabetes can be complicated. There are many issues to deal with, not the least of which is that marijuana is clearly a drug that leads to other drugs, which can have devastating effects on health and wellness.

See a related question from the Diabetes Monitor web site.

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