While we were covering hunger in my General Psychology course, a student
asked me if smoking marijuana somehow influences your (lateral)
hypothalamus, his implication being that if the LH is one cause of hunger
and if smoking marijuana causes people to be hungry, the two might be
related. I told him that I wasn't sure of the cause of "the munchies" but that I
would try to find out for him. So, can anyone help us out here?
While we're on this subject, maybe whoever knows the answer to that
question can answer another question about marijuana and hunger. How
does marijuana reduce nausea associated with chemotherapy (or, I've also
heard, morning sickness). Is the mechanism involved affected by the route
of administration (i.e., smoking vs. eating)?
TIA,
Jeff
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Jeff Bartel Kansas State University
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Graduate Student in Psychology
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~jbartel
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