Regular cannabis use can cause a serious vomiting syndrome. Should people be warned? – CBC
ER visits due to CHS have increased in recent years, possibly because of higher THC potency
Jul 03, 2025
When Brittany Ramsey started experiencing “awful stomach episodes” she thought it must’ve been side effects of the medication she was taking to manage her diabetes.
But after a particularly gruelling episode where she just could not stop vomiting — not being keep down even small sips of water — that landed her in hospital, Ramsey knew something felt different about what she was experiencing.
“From then, the episodes got worse and worse, and closer together,” said Ramsey, a 35-year-old operations trainer at a financial firm in Cincinnati, Ohio. “From 2021 to 2024 … three years, I was hospitalized 29 times. Five ambulance trips – one actually had to pick me up on the side of the road because I couldn’t make it to the hospital.”
After years of undergoing, at times, invasive testing procedures to rule out Crohn’s disease, gastroparesis and diverticulitis, a doctor told Ramsey about cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS).
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cannabis-hyperemesis-syndrome-chs-1.7575249
