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Does Excessive Smoking Of Marijuana Lead To Kidney Stone Formation?

Been smoking marijuana for past few months. Recently developed urine problems and turns out it was small kidney stones. Medication to melt them away is working. Question is can excessive marijuana smoking lead to these stone formation or play a part? Thanks
Fri, 28 Aug 2015
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Marijuana directly does not lead to formation of kidney stones. However an addiction to marijuana might cause you to reduce drinking water and this might predispose to a condition leading to formation of kidney stones. What happens is marijuana is a recreation drug and the person gets busy and will not find time to drink adequate amounts of water and juices.

Therefore indirectly smoking marijuana might drift your mind away from normal pattern of eating and drinking water and this leads to build up of kidney stones. Please maintain a normal daily water capacity of 2 liters for good health. If you have kidney stones then please drink adequate water and also visit washrooms regularly. Please do not worry.
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Does Excessive Smoking Of Marijuana Lead To Kidney Stone Formation?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. Marijuana directly does not lead to formation of kidney stones. However an addiction to marijuana might cause you to reduce drinking water and this might predispose to a condition leading to formation of kidney stones. What happens is marijuana is a recreation drug and the person gets busy and will not find time to drink adequate amounts of water and juices. Therefore indirectly smoking marijuana might drift your mind away from normal pattern of eating and drinking water and this leads to build up of kidney stones. Please maintain a normal daily water capacity of 2 liters for good health. If you have kidney stones then please drink adequate water and also visit washrooms regularly. Please do not worry.