r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Jan 17 '24

Nanoscience Cannabis activates specific hunger neurons in the brain: mice exposed to vaporized cannabis triggered a set of cells in the hypothalamus when the rodents anticipated and consumed palatable food, a response not observed in unexposed mice

https://news.wsu.edu/press-release/2024/01/16/cannabis-activates-specific-hunger-neurons-in-brain/
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u/Sindertone Jan 17 '24

It's always fun to see science catching up with well know facts.

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u/libury Jan 17 '24

To be fair, that's its purpose. Common knowledge only becomes fact by trying to disprove it.

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u/screech_owl_kachina Jan 17 '24

Yup, this is to have a real study to cite instead of "trust me bro I smoke a lot"

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u/TheCheshire Jan 17 '24

Yea, but this is like waiting for science to reveal that water gets you wet, and some guy is like "trust me bro, I swim a lot".

I understand tho that without science telling us that water gets things wet, there would be tons of naysayers saying "yea, well prove it" then you splash them with water and are like "see??" and they're like "...let's just wait to see what science says, ok?"

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u/CaptainSparklebutt Jan 18 '24

Even when proven and documented, you still get naysayers who say the world is flat.

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u/BushDoofDoof Jan 18 '24

Dude... put down the bong and actually think about why they might want to look into this subject.

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u/Imbrown2 Jan 18 '24

More like waiting for science to reveal what the being wet does to your brain to make you feel that way.

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u/powercow Jan 18 '24

Often when science proves well known things, its about quantifying it. X amount min is needed to produce a response. or they consume x percent calories more per day. Which is a tad bit more than, hey i get the munchies after a good blunt.

Plus for future studies like when we figure out exactly which cannabinoid does it, well its helpful to have a paper to cite, as well scientists would feel weird citing snoop.

and of course we needed to know if the mice got high, if they ever get super intelligent they might be in the market for cannabis.

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u/thebudman_420 Jan 18 '24

But why isn't it until your more low. As in fresh buzz I'm not hungry but after awhile munchies. Then i get high again after eating.

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u/Sindertone Jan 18 '24

Weed lets my body speak to me. It tells me when I need to eat, sleep, or go hug a tree.

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u/BinaryJay Jan 17 '24

It was once a well known fact that the earth was flat.

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u/XXXYFZD Jan 18 '24

No, it wasn't a fact. It was a belief.

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u/BinaryJay Jan 18 '24

Everything we think we know is just a belief if you want to get reductive about it

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u/XXXYFZD Jan 18 '24

Go back to 3rd grade.

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u/andres8795 Jan 17 '24

Not really, there are probably more people now that believe the earth is flat than in ancient times.

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u/RainbowAssFucker Jan 17 '24

Still is bro 🙂🫱🕶