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How we get high: our bodies are perfectly primed for consuming cannabis

• pfannkuchen 3y ago
  It seems like cannabis must have been a domesticated crop that was shaped by humans for a long time before rewilding. The probability of a wild plant hitting the right chemical formula seems way too low. Probably started with something roughly adjacent and then humans took it from there. Weird that we have no idea who did it.
  • Rallen89 3y ago
    >rewilding What does this mean in your context
    • pfannkuchen 3y ago
      Sorry I thought the term was self explanatory. Like, the domesticated plant became reestablished in the wild.
• qgin 3y ago
  > Its unfortunate receptors in the brain were named “nicotinic” or “cannabinoid”… Just imagine if the major categories of dopamine receptors were called “cocaine receptors” https://x.com/hubermanlab/status/1573864233795653632 https://x.com/hubermanlab/status/1573864233795653632
  • Affric 3y ago
    Endococaine
• hollerith 3y ago
  >Our bodies have an entire system that uses similar compounds to those found in cannabis Our bodies also have an entire system the uses opioids -- which is precisely why opioids are so risky.