Finally, we can get past the studies that correlated psychosis of psychotic patients using marijuana to that marijuana causing psychosis.
Good, it also blew this research out of the water, probably because it looked at recent use. Hell, 40 years ago I smoked marijuana and that use would have caused my stroke? NO!
Study shows higher rate of stroke among pot smokers October 2018
My 13 reasons for marijuana use post-stroke.
Don't follow me, I'm not medically trained and I don't have a Dr. in front of my name.
Just maybe you want this to occur:
Cannabis assists the endocannabinoid system in supporting the process of neurogenesis.
The latest here:
Association Between Recent Cannabinoid Use and Acute Ischemic Stroke
ABSTRACT
Objective:
Studies that have analyzed the association between cannabis use and
acute ischemic stroke have provided conflicting results. In this study,
we aim to determine the association of recent cannabis use detected
through urine drug screen among patients admitted with acute ischemic
stroke.
Methods:
A retrospective observational study was performed utilizing the medical
records database. All patients 18 years and older admitted from January
1, 2015 to December 31, 2017 who underwent urine toxicology testing on
admission were included in the analysis. Multivariate logistic
regression analysis was done to analyze independent association between
recent cannabis use and acute ischemic stroke.
Results:
A total of 9,350 patients were determined to have undergone urine drug
screen during admission and 18% (1,643) of this had a positive urine
cannabis test. Unadjusted risk ratio showed a 50% decrease in risk of
acute ischemic stroke among cannabis users (RR = 0.505, 95% CI 0.425 –
0.600). The effect was lost after adjusting for age, race, ethnicity,
sickle cell disease, dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity, diabetes
mellitus, cigarette smoking, atrial fibrillation, and other cardiac
conditions (OR 1.038, 95% CI 0.773-1.394).
Conclusion:
This is one of the few studies analyzing the association of recent
cannabis use and acute ischemic stroke using admission urine toxicology
test independent of polysubstance use. Even though our study has
limitations, we did not find an independent association between recent
cannabis use and the incidence of acute ischemic stroke. Further studies
utilizing urine toxicology tests with larger sample size and including
dosage of cannabis exposure should be done.
- Accepted April 7, 2020.
- © 2020 American Academy of Neurology
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