Researchers at the Yale university have found that people who over-eat after smoking cannabis can blame their cravings on brain cells that normally suppress appetite. They used genetically-modified mice to pinpoint the circuitry in the hypothalamus used by the active ingredient in cannabis, cannabinoids, to cause the 'munchies'. Lead researcher Tamas Horvath said, "We were able to see what drives the hunger brought about by cannabis and how that same mechanism that ...
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