Similar to some of the other answers, when your brain has been damaged by a stroke, causing you to lose some functionality, why take the chance of anything that hasn't been cleared by a medical practitioner? read more
Photo credit. The relationship between cannabis and stroke is a complicated one. read more
However, he says he believes the stroke risk is from marijuana use and not tobacco."For starters, this is a young age group to be having strokes, and many didn't have any of the traditional risk factors. And some patients had a stroke while actually smoking cannabis," he says. It also makes sense from a physiological point of view, Barber says."We know cannabis can cause changes in blood pressure and heart rate that are associated with increased stroke risk. read more