Dr. Roneet Lev is the Chief of the emergency department at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego. She is current president of IEPC, Independent Emergency Physicians Consortium, which represents over 30 emergency departments in California. She served as President of the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. In October 2012, she established the San Diego and Imperial County Prescription Drug Abuse Medical Task Force with the goal of reducing deaths and mortality from prescription drugs. She became involved in medical issues from marijuana by her involvement in the opioid epidemic when patients came to the emergency department with cannabis-related problems that were treated with opioids. She published a consensus treatment guideline for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome and publicized the word "scromiting" that went viral. She uses data to drive change for improved prescribing habits. She is a passionate advocate for smart approaches to marijuana.