How do you counsel patients with diabetes regarding the risks of cannabis use?

Cannabis use is becoming increasingly more common among patients with diabetes, with 10% recording use in the past month in a survey from 2022 (Han et al., PMID 39037352). Severe medical problems have been associated with cannabis use, including addiction(CUD), increased cardiovascular events, and a...

I have no personal experience with the use of cannabis in diabetes. However, I tell them the same thing that I tell all my patients: cannabis has no approved medical use and therefore should not be used. There may be additional harm in patients with diabetes, but no studies have been published that ...