Why Marijuana Gives You The Munchies

Have you ever wondered why you were so hungry after that fat bowl you just smoked? Well ponder no more! In this documentary Health Decoder explains the science behind the hunger, otherwise known as the munchies.

I’m so hungry I could eat an elephant!

To explain why marijuana gives you the munchies we must take a close at the human brain. Marijuana contains a substance called Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC, which is responsible for getting you high. THC trigers the part of your brain that says, “Hey we need food man!” Normally your brain would send out that message to an empty stomach but not in this case. THC is making you hungry.

THC also makes the foods we love taste that much better. Like that bomb ass grill cheese your mom makes. Scientists have found out that THC increases the pleasurable response to eating or drinking sugar. Normally when you eat sugar it induces a rewarding feeling due to the release of dopamine. In the presents of THC significantly more dopamine is released inside of the brain making you feel incredible happy eating that big juicy hamburger. It’s the same hamburger you normally eat but when you’re totally baked it’s so much better!

Let’s get super high and raid the kitchen. Go fill your taste buds with that ultimate delicious concoction that you made up, let it carry you away. Can you taste it yet? What are you waiting for? Dig in stoners dig in.