What is CHS? Marijuana advocates warn of a little-known condition affecting heavy users
, and with weed usage on the rise, doctors and advocates are warning about a little-known condition affecting heavy users of the drug. Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS, causes severe abdominal pain, nausea and “cyclic vomiting” among regular marijuana users — and can lead to extreme dehydration and, in rare cases, death. “It’s very underdiagnosed,” said Dr. Joseph Habboushe, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at New York University Langone/Bellevue Medical Center, who co-authored . “Doctors aren’t thinking about it. ...
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