What is scromiting and did Eve make it up?

Last week, Eve caused a furore on Twitter when she suggested widespread use of high-strength cannabis in the US was causing an increase in patients suffering violent attacks of vomiting and screaming – which she referred to as ‘scromiting’. Critics were quick to accuse Eve of hysteria – with some claiming she’d made the phenomenon – known medically as Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome – up. Now, Dr Timothy Fong, a psychiatrist at UCLA medical centre in California, confirms that so-called scromiting really is a thing – and he’s seeing more and more of it in his patients. Then, the Medical Minefield team speak to one young woman who has suffered the complication herself but, intriguingly, remains a passionate supporter of cannabis use.

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