From Dive Medic at Area Ocho we get the following update on 21st Century drug use. Practice Pearls. I imagine the fact that the stuff today is so much stronger that what was grown decades ago isn't helping.
Ever since Florida legalized medical marijuana, those of us who work in the emergency department have seen an alarming uptick in people coming in with complaints of nonstop vomiting. If you ask, they will usually admit to you that they smoke marijuana. Those who won’t admit it always show it on toxicology screens.
I'm not sure about I you, but I wouldn't want to take a drug where one of the side effects is nonstop vomiting.
Since people are frequently dishonest about marijuana use, its impossible to know for sure, but among people who DO admit to frequent use of cannabis, between 35 and 45 percent report frequent vomiting. This is in line with my personal experience- nearly two thirds of those who come in with vomiting complaints test positive for weed, as opposed to about ten percent of general teen and adult patients.
Yeah. No thanks.
The problem is complicated by the fact that marijuana users don't believe that weed is what is causing the problem, so they won't stop using it. "You're lying because you hate weed! Joe at the dispensary told me that it is completely harmless!" Or something. (Hat tip to Miguel Gonzalez)
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