Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: the conundrum is here to stay

[...]there are also reports it can also impair cognitive development, result in dependence, exacerbate psychiatric morbidities, cause airway injury and affect fetal development when taken during pregnancy. [...]the message seems to be ‘no gain without pain’. When patients with CHS were compared with the patients with classic CVS, there was no significant difference in the baseline demographics and disease characteristics apart from the chronic daily use of marijuana.8 The authors point out that abdominal pain, which accompanies the onset of vomiting and is typically located in the epigastrium and radiating diffusely, is a key feature of CHS, and not emphasized in the Rome IV criteria. [...]cannabis is ‘here to stay’ in western society.