Hey, so- NAD. I am rather an engineering student who likes to do research on things. I recently have been wracked by CHS, and i wanted to offer a possible theory that I put together.

My belief is that CHS is the reaction of a higher-PH stomach becoming exposed to more acidic stomach bile.

I’m not going to cite my sources here because i am very lazy (we’re all stoners here), but if you look up any number of these facts, they seem to ring true.

FACT: smoking MJ reduces stomach bile production from the liver. This means less stomach acid, and by association, a higher PH level in your gut. The body doesn’t really feel this change, although your metabolism slows noticeably. If you smoke every day for a long period of time, your body is going to get used to having less acid in it.

FACT: You aren’t usually high the WHOLE NIGHT- only for the first 4 hours. After that, your body gets back to making stomach acid, like normal.

FACT: the human body REALLY doesn’t like having acid in it (when it’s stronger than it expects)

you can see where i’m going here.

What does this mean? I think it means that the overnight bile buildup causes the extreme morning sickness. If your body is expecting something weaker, then you can also expect acid reflux and tissue damage to the stomach.

That would be why this problem mostly shows up in longtime smokers or chronic penj users- the body lowers how much protective lining it uses because it’s normal when there’s less acid.

It also would explain why so many people have nausea when they’re not high- the liver’s back online and already trying to fill you with “normal” amounts of stomach bile.

Why it shows up in late-stage as this extreme reaction? My guess(!GUESS!) is that those affected used weed to cope with the nausea for so long, that some kind of emergency reaction occurs from the liver when the stomach reaches a point of being non-acidic. Then, immediately afterwards, they quit weed, which causes all of the aforementioned “recovery” effects, as the body balances its PH level.

again, this is just my rambling as a non professional. i’d love to hear critiques or comments, tho!!