Youth Emergency Visits for Cannabis Vomiting Disorder Spiked in Recent Years

Youth Emergency Visits for Cannabis Vomiting Disorder Spiked in Recent Years

(MedPage Today) -- U.S. emergency department (ED) visits for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) among adolescents increased more than 10-fold in recent years, with increases observed regardless of states' recreational cannabis legalization (RCL...

‘Greening out’: Experts call for THC limits in cannabis products

Read: 5 min More and more cannabis users are ending up in emergency rooms suffering from severe, repeated bouts of vomiting — a condition known as cannabis hyperemesis syndrome. A new study found that emergency visits for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome increased 13-fold over eight years, accounting for more than 8,000 of the nearly 13,000 cannabis-related ER visits in that period.  Experts say the mounting health risks associated with cannabis us…