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>Young adults who use marijuana are more likely to suffer strokes caused by narrowing of the arteries in the skull than those who don’t use marijuana
>Ischemic stroke is caused by a blockage that interrupts or reduces blood flow to the brain
>Results found that intracranial arterial stenosis – a condition where arteries inside the skull narrow due to a buildup of plaque — was the cause of stroke in 45 percent of cannabis users
>The most common cause of ischemic stroke in nonmarijuana users was found to be cardio embolism – a blood clot that forms elsewhere is the body and moves to the brain
>Ischemic stroke is caused by a blockage that interrupts or reduces blood flow to the brain
>Results found that intracranial arterial stenosis – a condition where arteries inside the skull narrow due to a buildup of plaque — was the cause of stroke in 45 percent of cannabis users
>The most common cause of ischemic stroke in nonmarijuana users was found to be cardio embolism – a blood clot that forms elsewhere is the body and moves to the brain
