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What Causes Severe Pain In Head After Smoking Weed?

Hi. I know doctors will suggest not smoking weed, but I have been almost everyday for about 8 months. For the past about 2 months, everytime I get high my head feels like it's going to explode. It is a severe unbareable pain. I keep smoking hoping it won't happen, but it's getting so bad that I can't handle it. It's all different kinds of weed so the type is not the issue, and I never had negative affects the first like 6 months. I can't seem to find anyone with the same story as me. What could this be, why didn't it happen until now, and how can I stop it? Please help me.
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hi,

Perhaps you are not aware that cannabis can cause compression of blood vessels in the brain. There have been reports of people who have suffered a stroke because of this, after using cannabis heavily. It is scientifically well known but most of the public is not aware of this. It is likely that that the pain you are experiencing is due to this. In my opinion, you should stop using cannabis as you seem to be vulnerable to this side effect.

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What Causes Severe Pain In Head After Smoking Weed?

Hi, Perhaps you are not aware that cannabis can cause compression of blood vessels in the brain. There have been reports of people who have suffered a stroke because of this, after using cannabis heavily. It is scientifically well known but most of the public is not aware of this. It is likely that that the pain you are experiencing is due to this. In my opinion, you should stop using cannabis as you seem to be vulnerable to this side effect. Best wishes.