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Journal Article
Adverse Health Effects of Marijuana Use
2014
Overview
To the Editor:
In their article, Volkow et al. (June 5 issue)
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state that marijuana may have adverse health effects, particularly on the vulnerable brains of young people. Potential mechanisms underlying the effect of marijuana on the cerebrovascular system are indeed complex, although a temporal relationship between the use of marijuana (natural or synthetic) and stroke in young people has recently been described.
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Simultaneously, the presence of multifocal intracranial arterial vasoconstriction was observed, which was reversible in some cases after cessation of cannabis exposure.
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Thus, stroke, which is still underdiagnosed, may potentially play a role in neuronal damage related . . .
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
