Our analysis suggests that it is these drugs themselves that increase the risk of stroke, not just other lifestyle factors among users —Eric Harshfield
The recreational drugs cannabis, cocaine and amphetamines significantly increase the risk of stroke – including among younger users – Cambridge researchers have concluded after analysing data from more than 100 million people.
Followed by:
“To investigate this further, a team from the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge first carried out a meta-analysis of studies encompassing more than 100 million people. (…) This approach allows researchers to bring together studies which, on their own may not provide sufficient evidence and sometimes disagree with each other, to provide more robust conclusions.”
“Bringing together disparate studies” and “conducting a meta-analysis” means they fed an AI the studies and asked for commonalities, I guarantee it.
Unless a peer publishes a supporting paper or another reputable researcher or journal picks this up, I’m just not convinced there’s anything here.