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'Santa Clause', 'Numb3rs', and 'Oppenheimer' Star: I 'Almost Died' From Smoking Pot

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David Krumholtz (Photo credit: YouTube/New York Live)

'Santa Clause', 'Numb3rs', and 'Oppenheimer' Star: I 'Almost Died' From Smoking Pot

You may know David Krumholtz as Bernard the Head Elf in "Santa Clause", Charlie Eppes in "Numb3rs", or Isidor Isaac Rabi in "Oppenheimer".

But chances are you didn't know that the actor suffers from cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) due to having regularly used cannabis.

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