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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rachel Dobkin

Pain ‘worse than childbirth’ associated with condition caused by chronic marijuana use - and it’s on the rise

A pain that one mom on social media called worse than childbirth has been associated with a condition caused by chronic marijuana use.

The increasingly common condition — called “scromiting” because of the screaming and vomiting that patients experience — is known in the medical community as cannabis hyperemesis syndrome or CHS.

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