marijuana/chocolate similarities

I heard on NPR today that researchers conclude there is a similar euphoric effect between pot and chocolate. They also said that there are other similarities between the two, but they forgot what they are.

[patricia]

Originally Posted by jazzbluescat

I heard on NPR today that researchers conclude there is a similar euphoric effect between pot and chocolate. They also said that there are other similarities between the two, but they forgot what they are.

Probably exhausted from their amazement that the rug on the floor was rectangular.

[Ron Thorne]

Hmmmm . . . never tried rolling and smoking chocolate. Novel concept. Wonder if you get the munchies and an uncontrollable desire to eat cannabis?

[cookie]

I'm tellin' ya, I believe this. There is this chocolate dessert---sort of like a dense french silk pie---called Chocolate Decadence at our supermarket and it is CRAZY!! I swear, it did make me slightly high and in a very similar way to the herbs. I'd maybe describe it as a cross between coffee and easy weed (not crazy chronic): the energy of the coffee with the mild euphoria of the weed. I could only eat this thing 2 or 3 bites at a time. Then I'd start in on it again 15 minutes later. I love rich food and can happily eat mounds of it if I let myself. I couldn't do it with this stuff. I could only eat so much and would just have to ride it for a while.

[steve(thelil)]

The connection between marijuana ingestion and chocolate ingestion is strictly a causal one.

[Dr Dave]

Chocolate is legal. Herb is not. That pretty much gets it for me. Give me herb, please!

Another similarity is that they're both fattening as hell.

[Gary Sisco]

I never got any kind of buzz off of chocolate.

Have I been cheated?

Maybe chocolate's not your thing, do more pot, or more chocolate.

[groover]

Originally Posted by Gary Sisco

I never got any kind of buzz off of chocolate.

Have I been cheated?

Short answer is no, but don't give it casually to your horses, Gary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocola...late_as_a_drug

Chocolate as a drug

Current research indicates that chocolate is a weak stimulant because of its content of theobromine.[6] However, chocolate contains too little of this compound for a reasonable serving to create effects in humans that are on par with a coffee buzz. The pharmacologist, Ryan J. Huxtable, aptly noted that "[Chocolate is] more than a food but less than a drug". However, chocolate is a very potent stimulant for horses; its use is therefore banned in horse-racing. Theobromine is also a contributing factor in acid reflux because it relaxes the esophageal sphincter muscle, allowing stomach acid to more easily enter the esophagus.

Chocolate also contains small quantities of the endogenous cannabinoid anandamide and the cannabinoid breakdown inhibitors N-oleoylethanolamine and N-linolenoylethanolamine. Anandamides are produced naturally by the body, in such a way that their effects are extremely targeted (compared to the broad systemic effects of drugs like tetrahydrocannabinol) and relatively short-lived. In experiments N-oleoylethanolamine and N-linolenoylethanolamine interfere with the body's natural mechanisms for breaking down endogenous cannabinoids, causing them to last longer. However, noticeable effects of chocolate related to this mechanism in humans have not yet been demonstrated.

[clinthopson]

Chocolate, like grass, seems to make ladies friendlier.

That's cause they're out to get your pot.