Cannabis use tied to recurrent stroke risk in young adults – Healio

“Since marijuana use is more common among younger people and is now legal in several U.S.

Utilizing data from the National Inpatient Sample collected from October 2015 to December 2017, researchers identified hospitalized young adults with a history of stroke or TIA stratified by cannabis use disorder.

Therefore, it is essential to increase awareness among younger adults of the adverse impact of chronic, habitual use of marijuana, especially if they have established cardiovascular disease risk factors or previous stroke episodes,” Jain said in the release.

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