I couldn't see why except for the smoking part and they didn't break down edibles, so I'm doing edibles after my next stroke.
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.
The latest here:
Does using marijuana affect a person’s risk of stroke?
The
jury’s still out on whether the use of marijuana may increase the risk
of stroke. While several larger studies have found an increased risk,
other studies have found no such increased risk. Adding to the debate is
a new study that looked at recent marijuana use and risk of ischemic
stroke published in the June 3, 2020, online issue of Neurology® Clinical Practice, an official journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Ischemic stroke is a stroke caused by a blockage in a blood vessel, such as a blood clot.
“Previous
studies that investigated cannabis use and risk of stroke have had
conflicting results, some showing a decreased risk and others showing a
greatly increased risk,” said study author Carmela V. San Luis, MD, of
the University of Mississippi in Jackson and a member of the American
Academy of Neurology. “Our observational study looked specifically at
recent cannabis use by reviewing drug testing data for people admitted
to the hospital. While more research is needed with larger numbers of
people, our study lends support to the studies showing that cannabis use
does not increase the risk of stroke.”
The
study involved 9,350 people who were 18 years and older who had been
admitted to a hospital and screened with a urine test for drug use.
People who tested positive for drugs other than marijuana were excluded
from the study. A total of 1,643 people, or 18%, tested positive for
marijuana. Those who tested positive were more likely to be male,
younger, and current smokers than those who tested negative.
San
Luis noted that the study captured only whether people had used
marijuana recently. It did not collect information about how much
marijuana was consumed or any other information about their history of
prior use.
Of those who tested positive, 130
of 1,643 people, or 8%, had an ischemic stroke. Of those who tested
negative, 16% had an ischemic stroke, or 1,207 of 7,707 people. But
after researchers adjusted for other factors that affect stroke risk,
such as age, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sickle cell disease,
obesity, diabetes, smoking and heart conditions, there was no link
between recent cannabis use and either an increased or decreased risk of
stroke.
The study was observational, so the
results do not prove that recent marijuana use has no effect on a
person’s risk of stroke, they only show that researchers found an
association.
“Our research adds to the list of
studies with conflicting results, so it is important to continue to
investigate stroke risk and cannabis use,” said San Luis. “Future
studies are now needed in larger groups of people that not only include
data from drug screenings but also dosing amounts as well as a person’s
history of cannabis use.”
Other limitations of
the study include that information on synthetic cannabis was not
available and researchers were unable to adjust for risk factors such as
physical inactivity and body mass index.
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