Doctors are sounding the alarm after a shocking new side effect of cannabis use is sending users to emergency rooms in droves — a condition so intense it’s been nicknamed “scromiting”.
It may sound like a joke, but the reality is terrifying.
Over the past decade, hospitals have seen a surge in patients suffering from severe nausea, relentless vomiting, and stomach pain so extreme it leaves them doubled over — sometimes multiple times a year.
The culprit? Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS).
“A person often will have multiple [emergency department] visits until it is correctly recognized, costing thousands of dollars each time,” says Dr. Beatriz Carlini, research associate professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
