India, Dec. 10 -- A growing number of emergency room cases are drawing attention to "scromiting," a slang term for a painful condition reported among heavy cannabis users. The word combines "screaming" and "vomiting." It refers to episodes where patients experience severe nausea, uncontrollable vomiting, and intense abdominal pain, sometimes so extreme it causes them to cry out in distress.

Medical experts say, according to USA Today, that the phenomenon is officially known as Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS). It was first identified in Australia in 2004, when a small medical study examined 19 chronic cannabis users who experienced recurring bouts of severe vomiting.

CHS was While cannabis is often used to reduce nausea, long-term...