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Case Reports
. 1991 Mar;22(3):406-9.
doi: 10.1161/01.str.22.3.406.

Stroke after heavy marijuana smoking

S B Zachariah  1
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Case Reports

Stroke after heavy marijuana smoking

S B Zachariah. Stroke. 1991 Mar.

Abstract

I examined two young men who developed cerebral infarction associated with heavy marijuana smoking. Both were light tobacco smokers, but they did not drink alcohol or use other street drugs. Diagnostic work-up for nonatherosclerotic causes of stroke was unremarkable. I postulate that marijuana-associated alterations in systemic blood pressure resulted in vasospasm, leading to strokes in these patients.

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  • Stroke following marijuana smoking.
    Barnes D, Palace J, O'Brien MD. Barnes D, et al. Stroke. 1992 Sep;23(9):1381. doi: 10.1161/01.str.23.9.1381. Stroke. 1992. PMID: 1519298 No abstract available.

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