A mechanistic and pathophysiological approach for stroke associated with drugs of abuse

A Tsatsakis, AO Docea, D Calina, K Tsarouhas… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Drugs of abuse are associated with stroke, especially in young individuals. The major
classes of drugs linked to stroke are cocaine, amphetamines, heroin, morphine, cannabis …

Cardiovascular effects of marijuana

S Rezkalla, RA Kloner - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
More than four decades ago, the United States Surgeon General issued a warning
regarding the medical problems of marijuana smoking, including cardiac toxicity. Since then …

Harmful effects of smoking cannabis: a cerebrovascular and neurological perspective

SR Archie, L Cucullo - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Apart from being used as a medicine, cannabis or marijuana is the most widely abused
recreational drug all over the world. The legalization and decriminalization of cannabis in …

[HTML][HTML] Acute cerebral ischemia temporally associated with marijuana use

V Viswanathan, C Yu, JA Sambursky, S Kaur… - Cureus, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The cerebrovascular effects of marijuana use are not well described. With increasing
legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use in North America, identification of …

Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid A (THC-A) in urine of a 15-month-old child: a case report

L Morini, J Quaiotti, M Moretti, AMM Osculati… - Forensic science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction The acidic forms of cannabinoids, THC-A and CBD-A are naturally present in
cannabis plants and preparations and are generally decarboxylated to the active …

Cannabis in Palliative Medicine

F Saint-Preux, A Arora, D Moriyama, E Kim… - Cannabis in Medicine: An …, 2020 - Springer
Palliative care is a specialized medical care that focuses on quality of life for patients with
serious illnesses. In the realm of palliative care and symptom management, there is growing …

[HTML][HTML] Basal ganglia hemorrhage

A Marchidann - medlink.com
Intracerebral hemorrhage was described for the first time in 1658 by Wepfer in his treatise on
apoplexy (59). He described both intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage …

Brainstem and thalamic haemorrhage following cannabis consumption

R Tandon, SK Verma, N Singh - Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Cannabis, an illicit recreational substance, is considered to be relatively safe by the public. 1
However, potential health risks, particularly cardiovascular risks, are a cause of concern. 2 …