Cerebrovascular disease due to cannabis use, UTC for healthcare professionals

There is a link between smoking cannabis and developing arteriopathies (Desbois, 2013) and cerebrovascular disease (Wolff, 2013). Recent reports document cases of young cannabis-smokers with cerebrovascular disease, in whom the proposed underlying mechanism would be intimal hyperplasia (Ntlholang, 2015).

References

Desbois, A. C., Cacoub, P, & France, P. (2013). Cannabis-associated arterial disease. Ann Vasc Surg, 27, 996 – 1005.

Ntlholang, O., McDonagh, R., Nicholson, S., Brett, F., Bradley, D., & Harbison, J. (2015). Is intimal hyperplasia associated with cranial arterial stenosis in cannabis-associated cerebral infarction? Int J Stroke, 10 (6), E56 – E59.

Wolff, V, Armspach, J. P., Lauer, V., et al. (2013). Cannabis-related stroke myth or reality? Stroke, 44, 558 – 563.

Related topics

Cannabis use during pregnancy: https://www.issup.net/node/8729