# What is scromiting and how can I avoid it?

An episode of [The Dose](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1498259551), 8 Jan 2026, 19 min.

Audio: https://mgln.ai/e/12/cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_THEDOSE_P/media/thedose/thedose-GqVngVOE-20260107.mp3

Scromiting is a term popping up on social media that combines screaming and vomiting. It refers to cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, a painful condition that can affect long-term cannabis users. Dr. Kirk Magee, an emergency physician at the QE2 Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, says he’s seeing more patients with the condition — and that stopping cannabis use is the only effective treatment. For transcripts of The Dose, please visit: lnk.to/dose-transcripts. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. For more episodes of this podcast, click this link.

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