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Sharon Stone Stops Stroke Medication, Warns About Pot

7/22/2026

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Actress Sharon Stone (68) stopped a stroke medication in September despite doctors' warnings, likening withdrawal to heroin, and was ill for four-and-a-half months afterward.
Stone quit smoking marijuana, saying she was ill for a month and that today’s cannabis is stronger and chemically laced.
Her neurologist warned he has seen people die in emergency rooms from marijuana.
She appears in Euphoria season 3 and says she is reclaiming her life.

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Actress Sharon Stone (68) stopped a stroke medication in September despite doctors' warnings, likening withdrawal to heroin, and was ill for four-and-a-half months afterward.
Stone quit smoking marijuana, saying she was ill for a month and that today’s cannabis is stronger and chemically laced.
Her neurologist warned he has seen people die in emergency rooms from marijuana.
She appears in Euphoria season 3 and says she is reclaiming her life.