The Letter to the Colossians this Sunday encourages the reader to give thanks to God “who has made you fit to share in the inheritance of the holy ones in light.” Though five more states legalized recreational marijuana use last week, potential users might want to pause to consider new research that suggests that marijuana may be unfit for human consumption, weakening heart muscles and potentially leading to stress cardiomyopathy, also known as “broken heart syndrome."

“The use of drugs inflicts very grave damage on human health and life.”

In one study, it was estimated that marijuana users have nearly a five-fold increase in the risk of heart attack in the first hour after smoking the drug.