Why is it that after you get high you get the "munchies"?

Answer 1

Your body, it seems, contains specialized proteins called cannabinoid receptors. (Broadly speaking, receptors react to certain stimuli and produce certain results.) The best-known cannabinoid is delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the principal psychoactive ingredient of weed (aka cannabis). Far more important from the body's standpoint, however, are the endogenous (i.e., internally synthesized) cannabinoids, endocannabinoids for short, which work like neurotransmitters and are produced as part of the built-in apparatus by which peripheral parts of the body inform the brain that it's lunchtime. Endocannabinoids and cannabinoid receptors are abundant in the hypothalamus, the region of the brain that plays a pivotal role in appetite regulation. In 1992 researchers identified the first endocannabinoid and named it anandamide, from the Sanskrit ananda, meaning inner bliss. In other words, when you smoke dope, you're replicating (albeit with much greater intensity) an effect the body produces naturally for itself.

Hope this helps..smoke on

Answer 2

If you are in the habit of "getting high" the munchies is the last thing you have to worry about getting, which eventually, is a fried brain.

Answer 3

The glands in your brain get stimulated and then it sends a message that your stomach is hungry even if your not. That's why you ALWAYS get the munchies even if you just ate.

Answer 4

Don't know but once you get to be a professional pot smoker you don't get the munchies anymore...Just keep it up and they'll pass (no I'm just kidding don't keep smoking it, it's a serious waste of money AND time)

Answer 5

The active ingredient in Cannabis stimulates the junk food center in your brain.

Answer 6

It is something to do with the brain, I think.

I havent stopped eating all day.

Answer 7

Your pitutuary gland gets stimulated, so it tells your brain that you are hungry.

Answer 8

because your high lol

Answer 9

i dont know but help....