CHS is becoming an increasingly prevalent and complicated problem for health care providers and patients. Further research must be done to address the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of this syndrome.
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Ever since Colorado legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2012, clinicians, researchers, and policy makers have used Colorado's experience as an example of the consequences cannabis appears to have on the health care system. This study by Wang et al 1 adds to the growing body of literature describing potential complications associated with cannabis and supports what frontline emergency care personnel have uncomfortably felt for several years: emergency department (ED) visits increase when cannabis is more readily available.
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