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Yadira Caraveo says she’s seen a thing or two in her pediatrics practice over the years. But until recently, she hadn’t seen what’s often called “scromiting.” “The medical term is cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome,” the pediatrician-cum-state representative from Adams County says, “but that terminology doesn’t illustrate how bad it is.” Caraveo says the uncontrollable vomiting—which is sometimes paired with screaming, hence scromiting—was disturbing.

The calls she’s received from Colorado parents in

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