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April 26, 2026

National Geographic Investigates: “ER Visits for This Cannabis-Linked Syndrome Have Doubled and Science Doesn’t Fully Understand Why”

National Geographic has published an in-depth investigation into cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome as part of its special series The New Cannabis, warning that emergency room visits linked to the condition doubled between 2017 and 2021 —...
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April 26, 2026

Hospitalizations Doubled: Why a Syndrome Caused by Cannabis Keeps Getting Missed by Doctors

Emergency physicians and gastroenterologists across the United States and Canada are reporting a significant increase in a little-known disorder tied to prolonged cannabis use — one that is catching both patients and many healthcare providers...
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April 26, 2026

 Is CHS Being Over-Diagnosed? STAT News Publishes the Debate and the Answer Is More Complicated Than Either Side Admits

A sharp exchange of perspectives published in STAT News on July 19, 2025 captures the growing tension within medicine over cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome — not about whether it exists, but about whether it is being...
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April 26, 2026

She Swapped Wine for THC Gummies to Be Healthier. It Landed Her in the ER for Three Months.

Jill Fuller thought she was making a healthier choice. Instead, the decision cost her three months of her life, a hospital stay, and a recovery so brutal that even broccoli made her sick. Reported by...
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April 26, 2026

From 5% to 99% THC: How the Cannabis Industry Outpaced Medicine and CHS Filled the Gap

As marijuana legalization reshapes the landscape of cannabis access across the United States, physicians are warning that the products reaching consumers today bear little resemblance to what the drug was a generation ago — and...
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April 26, 2026

Harvard Physician Warns: CHS Awareness Is Creating Its Own Diagnostic Trap

As cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome becomes more widely known, a Harvard Medical School physician is raising an urgent counterpoint: the growing awareness of CHS may itself be creating a new diagnostic hazard — one that could...
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April 26, 2026

When CHS Looks Like a Surgical Complication: A Case Report That Every Perioperative Team Needs to Read

A newly published case report in Cureus documents a situation clinicians are increasingly likely to encounter but rarely prepared for: a patient whose cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome went unrecognized after surgery because her symptoms were indistinguishable...
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April 26, 2026

New Study: 85% of CHS Patients End Up in the ER and Most Never Connect It to Their Cannabis Use

One of the first large-scale studies to quantify the real-world burden of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome has found that the condition drives the vast majority of sufferers into emergency rooms — and nearly half into full...
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April 26, 2026

Why Heavy Cannabis Use Can Suddenly Cause Days of Uncontrollable Vomiting — UW Medicine Explains

Cannabis is widely associated with relaxation, relief, and a sense of well-being — but for a subset of long-term heavy users, it can trigger a cycle of vomiting so severe that it lands them in...
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April 26, 2026

“I Genuinely Thought I Was Going to Die”: One Woman’s CHS Story — and Why It’s Becoming More Common

For Shaylin Schlosser, the night everything changed started like any other — until she jolted awake in the early hours, her body convulsing in uncontrollable waves of vomiting and her abdomen locked in pain she...
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