RAIDING the fridge in the middle of the night is an all too common
side-effect of smoking cannabis. But you don’t have to smoke dope to get the
munchies. Certain chemicals you’re born with can spark off an attack of hunger
as well.
Even the most upright citizens have naturally occurring cannabis-like
molecules circulating in their brains. Now scientists are suggesting that these
molecules trigger intense hunger pangs and may even contribute to obesity.
Normally, mice that have been starved eat voraciously. But George Kunos and
his colleagues at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond found that the
absence of cannabis…
