CDC report documents huge increase in marijuana use among kids and young adults during COVID-19 pandemic
San Diego County’s only children’s hospital reports that it continues to see elevated numbers of young patients arriving in its emergency department with cannabis poisoning, echoing findings from a newDr. Natalie Laub, a pediatrician and cannabis researcher at Rady Children’s Hospital, said the situation has been most dramatic for children age 5 and younger.
Those trends are reflected in the CDC’s nationwide study of emergency admissions, which shows that those age 15 to 24 represented, by far, the largest share of cannabis-involved visits. However, that group’s ER usage peaked in 2020 and 2021, returning to a rate of about 117 cases per 10,000 visits in 2022. That is roughly the same rate observed in 2019.
Those in the age 15 to 24 age bracket, Laub said, are much less likely to be hospitalized due to cannabis overdose, but a small percentage will experience cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, a condition that causes severe vomiting and nausea. The condition is so uncomfortable that it often causes patients to scream while they vomit, which some medical providers describe as “scromiting.”
“In the ER, it’s what I call an audible diagnosis, because I can hear it,” Lev said. “There is nothing that sounds like vomiting and screaming at the same time.”
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