What's really going on in your brain when you smoke...

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

y's own drug

I agree, but I think these receptors are there because they can be activated with body-produced druge like endorphine.

As I understand it, drugs like morphine really are just endorphines-in-disguise, so they can activate our brain's endorphins receptors and f***-up the brain reward system essentially by creating an addiction.

But since we have cannabinoid (thc) receptors, does our brain naturally produce such drug ? If not , then that is why there is marijuana plant in the first place , because it is the only source of THC ...

So people what do you think ?

Oh, and btw, this is my first post ever to this board!

Cool, congrats on your first post! Hope you enjoy your stay here.

Your right on the mark about endorphines, they do work by binding to morphine receptors, and morphine is a chemical that binds to the same receptors. The same goes for cannabinoids, THC is one of I think 60 cannabinoids in the cannabis plant. Just like morphine, it's not literally the same cannabinoids our brain produces, but it does act in the same way and bind to the same receptors, the only difference being that you're getting like a thousand times more than normal. But, unlike opiates, cannabinoids are incredibly non-toxic and your body can handle them in rediculous amounts; toxically that is, the psychological component of getting too high can be pretty unpleasant of course.

[krazy chino]

so ur tellin me there is still hope for us stoners.........LEGALiZE THE GREEN

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

.........LEGALiZE THE GREEN

Nobody's going to tolerate that sort of criminal talk here, son!

[beachguy in thongs]

I think its funny how its illegal, yet we naturally have cannabinoid receptors in the brain.

They are one of the most numerous in our nervous system.

All of Pot's effects are mediated by the cannabinoid receptors.