Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Cannabis-Related Stroke: Myth or Reality?” | Zendy

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Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Cannabis-Related Stroke: Myth or Reality?”

Author(s) -

Valérie Wolff,

Olivier Rouyer,

Bernard Gény

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.113.001094

Subject(s) - cannabis , medicine , stroke (engine) , mythology , psychiatry , classics , mechanical engineering , engineering , history

Response:We thank Dr Parakh1 for his letter that examined important issues on the potential role of smoking tobacco in the causation of stroke in cannabis users.In our article, we reviewed the 59 cases of stroke in cannabis users described in the literature. All but 1 of these patients smoked cannabis and most of them were also habitual tobacco users.2 It is, therefore, difficult to dissect out individual’s risks of stroke for cannabis and for tobacco use.The identification of their mechanisms in stroke may, however, help us to …

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