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I don't know about schizophrenia and marijuana use, but a ER Dr. friend of mine always complains about the amount of people she sees that have a condition where

I don't know about schizophrenia and marijuana use, but a ER Dr. friend of mine always complains about the amount of people she sees that have a condition where their body can't handle the weed they regularly smoke. The symptoms are always the same, extremely belligerent, violently sick(constant vomiting), and very nauseous. She says that sometimes its the same people as they just don't get that weed is making them really sick(stopping smoking makes the symptoms go away). For some reason the media never reports on this but if you know someone in the medical field(ER etc) ask them and they will tell you the same thing. I found this medical paper about the issue: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330965/

zwkrt 5y ago
Hyperemesis is definitely real, and eventually affects 1/3 of heavy weed smokers. A lover of mine had to self-diagnose because their doctor wasn’t aware. The crazy part is as that smoking weed ameliorated the symptoms in the short term, so there is a strong psychological reinforcement to keep smoking even though it is actually causing the background symptoms.
code_duck 5y ago
This was discussed a lot in the cannabis community a few years ago though the topic seems to have died down. The consensus among people heavily involved in cannabis is that it is related to overuse of neem oil, an organic pesticide. Some growers had been using neem very liberally without keeping in mind that the active ingredients are toxic to humans. The toxicity of neem seems to be in line with the effects of cyclical vomiting/hypermesis. So, it has been a thing to shun and shame people using that pesticide for a few years.