Episode #11 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction - Dr. Jeff LaPoint, toxicologist/emergency physician. Agonizing Scromiting - What is it?

Episode 11 March 09, 2021 00:53:08
Episode #11 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction - Dr. Jeff LaPoint, toxicologist/emergency physician. Agonizing Scromiting - What is it?
High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Episode #11 High Truths on Drugs and Addiction - Dr. Jeff LaPoint, toxicologist/emergency physician. Agonizing Scromiting - What is it?

Mar 09 2021 | 00:53:08

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Show Notes

What is scomiting? Dr. Jeff LaPoint explains scomiting, also known as cannabis hyperemesis syndrome. LaPoint is an emergency physician and toxicologist. He practices at Kaiser Hospital in San Diego and is the Director of the Division of Medical Toxicology. He extensive publications on Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome in peer reviewed research and medical textbooks. 

LaPoint went to medical school at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona and is emergency medicine training at Upstate University Hospital.  He trained as a fellow at the New York Poison Control Center at Bellevue Hospital. 

Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome: Public Health Implications and a Novel Model Treatment Guideline. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2018.

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