Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Marijuana

Marijuana if they hear about all the colors: a day singled out as one of the worst evils of humanity, the day after, proclaimed universal solution against pain and disease ... no doubt about it, the debate is open and it is not certain moderate. If you want to participate, make sure to read this post to know a little 'anecdotes of which few are aware. Use them to defend your ideal, or just to impress your interlocutors the next time you'll have to deal with the topic "canes" - which, let's face it, happens quite often!




#1 Marijuana was used as a "truth potion" by the U.S. Army during World War II . You want to know a prisoner of war who has tried this "unpleasant" experience!

#2 's attack hunger that often occurs after smoking marijuana has a scientific explanation . Leptin is the hormone that controls the feeling of satiety. THC affects its proper functioning, hence the feeling of "munchies" that follows the intake of marijuana.

#3 George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were the largest producers of marijuana . Or to be exact hemp, a crop widely used at the time. The first version of the Declaration of Independence of the United States was just written on a piece of hemp! But the lobby of cotton producers pointed at the potential psychotropic hemp to eliminate the competition: the production was unregulated and prohibited in some states by the end of the nineteenth century.

#4 Taking marijuana was commonly prescribed to deal with the pain of childbirth, and this until 1942 . Future fathers around the world, instead of having to attend to the suffering of your woman in labor, help by offering a cane!

#5 Paraguay would be the world's largest producer of marijuana . Being the first manufacturer of a drug that sends you in the clouds, and have as their capital Asuncion ... Unwittingly it!

#6 Breastmilk contains cannabinoids . In your opinion, where does the dreamy look of children in the age of breastfeeding? Well yes, breast milk does a bit 'as THC on newborns, filling them with a feeling of satiety but also well-being. We could not find him if you listen to reggae during the meal is the key for them to sleep in 2 minutes: if someone wants to experiment ...

#7 Nearly all the clocks in the movie Pulp Fiction are set on the 4:20 .
And what does, you say? It is a nod of the writers, since the expression 4:20 (twenty-four) in English is commonly used to indicate the intake of marijuana. This expression code given in the 70s, when a group of high school students gave themselves appointment every day at 4:20 to find the elusive field of marijuana abandoned. Quickly resigned, were limited to smoke some pipe in strict accordance with the schedule of appointments. Being a little 'facts does not prevent the timely, no?

#8 Hemp oil is the richest food source of Omega 3 known so far . Other than salmon, chicken, cod liver oil ... that's a real solution to the cholesterol!

#9 Eating a ripe mango 20 minutes before smoking a joint, considerably increases the effects . Strange, huh? Yet, there is evidence that myrcene, an active ingredient of vegetable origin, it helps THC molecules circulating in the blood, facilitating their access to your poor brain. And when ripe mango contains a high concentration of myrcene ... Bingo!

#10 should consume about 800 spinels in 20 minutes to an overdose .
And in any case, the death would be more due to poisoning by carbon monoxide, which in a real overdose of THC. Know that solanine, a substance present in the skin of potatoes, is much more toxic: there are many more opportunities to do an overdose eating potatoes that smoking marijuana.