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    Mysterious illness tied to marijuana use on the rise in states with legal weed

    NEW YORK -- For more than two years, Lance Crowder was having severe abdominal pain and vomiting, and no local doctor could figure out why. Finally, an emergency room physician in Indianapolis had an idea.

    “The first question he asked was if I was taking hot showers to find relief. When he asked me that question, I basically fell into tears because I knew he had an answer,” Crowder said.

    The answer was cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS. It’s caused by heavy, long-term use of various forms of marijuana. For unclear reasons, the nausea and vomiting are relieved by hot showers or baths.

    “They’ll often present to the emergency department three, four, five different times before we can sort this out,” said Dr. Kennon Heard, an emergency room physician at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado.

    He co-authored a study showing that since 2009, when medical marijuana became widely available, emergency room visits diagnoses for CHS in two Colorado hospitals nearly doubled. In 2012, the state legalized recreational marijuana.

    “It is certainly something that, before legalization, we almost never saw,” Heard said. “Now we are seeing it quite frequently.”

    Outside of Colorado, when patients do end up in an emergency room, the diagnosis is often missed. Partly because doctors don’t know about CHS, and partly because patients don’t want to admit to using a substance that’s illegal.

    CHS can lead to dehydration and kidney failure, but usually resolves within days of stopping drug use. That’s what happened with Crowder, who has been off all forms of marijuana for seven months.

    Now all kinds of ambition has come back. I desire so much more in life and, at 37 years old, it’s a little late to do it, but better now than never,”he said.

    CHS has only been recognized for about the past decade, and nobody knows exactly how many people suffer from it. But as more states move towards the legalization of marijuana, emergency room physicians like Dr. Heard are eager to make sure both doctors and patients have CHS on their radar.

  • #2
    Obamacare can't stop Darwinism.

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    • #3
      I love the word "forms" of marijuana. So, stick with gmo free, non gluten, no artificial flavors, minimally processed...........................


      I guess CHS is better than killing people and/or trying to eat them.

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      • #4
        The amount of weed a person has to smoke to get this is pretty damned impressive.

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        • #5
          fake news

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Blandnuts View Post
            I love the word "forms" of marijuana. So, stick with gmo free, non gluten, no artificial flavors, minimally processed...........................


            I guess CHS is better than killing people and/or trying to eat them.
            There are different forms. medical Marijuana has little to no THC. There are some strands that are specifically breed to have a higher concentration of THC.

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            • #7
              [puts down bong] weed is harmful??
              Originally posted by talisman
              I wonder if there will be a new character that specializes in bjj and passive agressive comebacks?
              Originally posted by AdamLX
              If there was, I wouldn't pick it because it would probably just keep leaving the game and then coming back like nothing happened.
              Originally posted by Broncojohnny
              Because fuck you, that's why
              Originally posted by 80coupe
              nice dick, Idrivea4banger
              Originally posted by Rick Modena
              ......and idrivea4banger is a real person.
              Originally posted by Jester
              Man ive always wanted to smoke a bowl with you. Just seem like a cool cat.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Craizie View Post
                There are different forms. medical Marijuana has little to no THC. There are some strands that are specifically breed to have a higher concentration of THC.
                That's my point. Are these symptoms from these newly developed forms?

                Does the weed from when a dime bag cost a dime cause CHS/ eating people?


                I don't care either way, just didn't see it mentioned while I was taking a hot soapy bath.

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                • #9
                  if this was the case my old man would have been dead in his 20s. He is 56 now drinks a 30 pack a day and god knows how much pot he smokes, but its added too the couple packs of cigs he smokes a day, and i see him hit his pipe more than his smokes lol.

                  Fucker will live forever he has so many chemicals in him

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Sleeper View Post
                    if this was the case my old man would have been dead in his 20s. He is 56 now drinks a 30 pack a day and god knows how much pot he smokes, but its added too the couple packs of cigs he smokes a day, and i see him hit his pipe more than his smokes lol.

                    Fucker will live forever he has so many chemicals in him
                    My pops hasn't drank in many years but he's been a daily weed smoker before i was born. He was a bull rider in his younger days and broke just about every bone at least twice. Cannabis has always been his go to for pain relief, he is now 61 and retired with a nice 401k. I was just at his little ranch on Christmas, looking over his land while he sparking a bowl.

                    And there is people out there allergic to water, shit happens...
                    You remember the stories John use to tell us about the the three chinamen playing Fantan? This guy runs up to them and says, "Hey, the world's coming to an end!" and the first one says, "Well, I best go to the mission and pray," and the second one says, "Well, hell, I'm gonna go and buy me a case of Mezcal and six whores," and the third one says "Well, I'm gonna finish the game." I shall finish the game, Doc.

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                    • #11
                      kinda what i was getting at dieselsmoke.

                      Im not a smoker, but back the use for medical purposes, but not a big fan of the pot shops pumping out high thc pawning it off as medicine.

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                      • #12
                        I saw a dumb ass ad that said that weed promotes lung health.
                        .....bro....

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by idrivea4banger View Post
                          [puts down bong] weed is harmful??
                          You've obviously have never met my brother. Just imagine bevis and butthead on repeat......for the last 35 years. He's smoked himself brain dead.

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                          • #14
                            I don't really care on the weed thing.. Stoners rarely go nuts and shoot up the neighborhood or eat their roommates. Hard core stoners are pretty fucking lazy, and usually living at home with mom and dad... A little natural selection..
                            I think the legalization has created more issues than it has fixed. Some Companies are having a hard time hiring because of the weed. Cant really have stoner jon driving your big rig...

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Mysticcobrakilla View Post
                              You've obviously have never met my brother. Just imagine bevis and butthead on repeat......for the last 35 years. He's smoked himself brain dead.
                              Beavis & Butthead rule!!!

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