{"id":4186,"date":"2026-03-10T13:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/cocaine-boosts-risk-of-stroke\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:04:01","slug":"cocaine-boosts-risk-of-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/cocaine-boosts-risk-of-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocaine boosts risk of stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-03-10 13:03:59<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Cocaine and other recreational drugs can increase an individual&#8217;s risk of a stroke.<BR><br \/>\nScientists at the University of Cambridge analysed data from over 100 million people and found that cocaine use was linked to a 96 per cent risk, and a 122 per cent higher chance of a stroke for amphetamine users, compared to those who did not take the drugs.<BR><br \/>\nCannabis, meanwhile, was associated with a 37 per cent increased risk of strokes &#8211; which happen when blood vessels in the brain either get blocked or burst.<BR><br \/>\nHowever, the researchers found no evidence that opioids &#8211; a very addictive painkiller &#8211; contributed to a person&#8217;s risk of stroke &#8211; the third leading cause of death and disability globally.<BR><br \/>\nDr Megan Ritson, first author on the study and a research associate at the University of Cambridge, said: &#8220;Illicit drug use is a preventable stroke risk, but I don\u2019t know if young people are aware how high the risk is.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;This is the first finding that has shown how different substance use disorders really can impact stroke risk.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-03-10 13:03:59 Cocaine and other recreational drugs can increase an individual&#8217;s risk of a stroke. Scientists at the University of Cambridge analysed data from over 100 million people and found&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4188,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4186\/revisions\/4188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}