High potency weed linked to psychotic episodes, mysterious vomiting illness in young users

NBC News ^ | 11 July 2021 | Laura Strickler and Steve Patterson

[DUMBGRUNT]

The condition — officially called "cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome" but now known to health care workers as "scromiting," a mashup of "screaming" and "vomiting" — has popped up with increasing frequency at hospitals in Colorado, doctors say.

“The only thing that convinced me was that it stopped when I stopped smoking,” said Gribbon, now 20.

“We use up a lot of medical resources to see if there is anything more seriously wrong with them,”

Scromiting cases have increased as pot has become far more powerful, according to doctors. Experts say the marijuana consumed 20 years ago had levels of THC, the main psychoactive ingredient, of 2 percent to 3 percent, but cannabis products now sold in markets like Colorado can have THC levels as high as 90 percent.

An increasing share of Colorado’s $2 billion cannabis market is made up of concentrates or other products with high levels of THC

[jmacusa]

I have never heard of heroin having any use for medicinal purposes. Marijuana is often prescribed for nausea associated with chemo therapy to stimulate appetite and for glaucoma patients to relive pressure on the optic nerve.

We obviously have a difference of opinion here and again, I’ve never heard of heroin being anything but death itself.

I lost dozens of friends over the many years from over dosing on that s**t.

Never heard of anyone over dosing on weed.

I have no truck with you ‘’Intruder’’. You’re entitled to your view and I to mine. pax.

[jmacusa]

Hashish. Wow. Haven’t seen or heard of that stuff being around since the ‘70s. But that was a long time ago and a different time for me. Time when I was a much younger and crazy kid.