Since 2012, 24 U.S. states and Washington DC have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, 3 of those were just added last year. So you may be asking, with more and more states legalizing cannabis, is it safe to use after you’ve had a stroke? Let's talk about it.
References:
Legalization of Marijuana by State: https://ballotpedia.org/Marijuana_law...
Challenges with Cannabis Research: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
NIDA Source of Research Cannabis: https://nida.nih.gov/research/resourc...
Benefits:
1. Cannabis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
2. Safety of Cannabis Use: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24778...
3. Cannabis and Epilepsy: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
4. Cannabis and Alzheimer’s Disease: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/...
5. Marijuana and TBI: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25264...
6. Cannabis and Cancer: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
7. Antiinflammatory Effects of Cannabis: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
8. Cannabis and chronic pain (neuropathic pain): https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/full/...
9. Cannabis and chronic pain: https://academic.oup.com/painmedicine...
10. Cannabis and insomnia: https://academic.oup.com/sleep/articl...
Risks:
1. Adverse Health Effects of Chronic Cannabis Use: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23836...
2. Brain Effects of Cannabis in Adolescents: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
3. Effects of Cannabis on Brain Structure: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23390...
4. Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/cat...
2024 American Heart Association Article: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.11...
2024 Journal of American Medical Association Medical Brief: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...
2019 Missouri Medicine Article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Cleveland Clinic atherosclerosis image: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health...
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Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:16 Research Challenges
02:04 Risks vs. Benefits
03:40 2024 Study
07:37 Smoking or THC?
08:23 Does cannabis increase stroke risk?
09:41Outro
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