Recorded Substance Use Among Younger Cincinnati-Area Stroke Patients Rose to 40.2%, Mostly Marijuana, but Cause Remains Unproven
Recorded substance use in young stroke patients rose to 40.2%, mostly marijuana. What the evidence on cannabis and stroke can and cannot prove.
Documented substance use among adults ages 20 to 54 who had a stroke in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region climbed from 4.6% in 1993 and 1994 to 40.2% in 2020, with much of the incre…