Wednesday 18 February 2015

Pot science: Here are the neurological reasons marijuana gives you munchies

The munchies are more than a punchline. The munchies -- "that inexplicable drive to eat, stimulated by the active ingredients of marijuana, the cannabinoids," as described by writers Sachin Patel and Roger D. Cone -- are a legitimate, nearly universally felt side effect from the consumption of marijuana. And there are specific scientific reasons for why we're inclined to eat, whether we're hungry or not, after getting high.

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