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Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is recurrent nausea, vomiting, and cramping abdominal pain that can occur due to prolonged, high-dose cannabis use. [ 4 ][ 5 ] Complications are related to persistent vomiting and dehydration which may lead to kidney failure and electrolyte problems. [ 2 ]
Whitey (drugs) A whitey or white-out (sometimes "greening" or "green-out") is a drug slang term for when a recreational drug user, as a direct or indirect result of drug use (usually cannabis), begins to feel faint and vomits. [1] The term derives from the "whiteout" weather condition where a snowstorm causes loss of vision, and refers to the ...
Legal cannabis (marijuana) product. Overconsumption and reliance could lead to cannabis-induced amotivational syndrome. The term amotivational syndrome was first devised to understand and explain the diminished drive and desire to work or compete among the population of youth who are frequent consumers of cannabis and has since been researched through various methodological studies with this ...
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While the risk of impairment after smoking weed subsides around four hours, Pearlson says that edibles take twice that amount of time — or longer. “There’s a more complex absorption and ...
Cannabis (/ ˈkænəbɪs /), commonly known as marijuana (/ ˌmærəˈwɑːnə /), [ 2 ]weed, and pot, among other names, [ 3 ] is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various traditional medicines ...
Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD) is a non-psychotic disorder in which a person experiences apparent lasting or persistent visual hallucinations or perceptual distortions after using drugs, [ 1 ] including but not limited to psychedelics, dissociatives, entactogens, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), and SSRIs. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Despite ...
In the U.S., the National Institute on Drug Abuse defines medical cannabis as "using the whole, unprocessed marijuana plant or its basic extracts to treat symptoms of illness and other conditions". [ 14 ] A cannabis plant includes more than 400 different chemicals, of which about 70 are cannabinoids. [ 15 ]