A study has found that more college students are using #marijuana everyday. And for the first time ever, more students are smoking #pot or #weed than cigarettes. - http://clapway.com/2015/09/01/marijuana-use-college-students123/

A new study by the University of Michigan has found that more college students are using marijuana everyday, or almost everyday, compared to the last 35 years. And for the first time ever, more students are smoking pot than cigarettes, Tech Times reports.

MARIJUANA USE: 1 IN 17 SMOKE DAILY OR ALMOST DAILY

The research found that the percentage of students that had used marijuana at least 20 times in the past 30 days had rose to 5.9 percent, having been just 3.5 percent in 2007. That’s 1 in 17. Frequent use by a larger number of students was found in polls about pot at college in the 1980s. However, marijuana smoking being more common than cigarette smoking on American college campuses is unprecedented.

“It’s clear that for the past seven or eight years there has been an increase in marijuana use among the nation’s college students,” Lloyd Johnston, the report’s lead author, said. “And this largely parallels an increase we have been seeing among high school seniors.”

HIGH SCHOOL GRADS LESS WORRIED ABOUT POT

Higher rates of marijuana use were also found among high school graduates aged 19 to 22 years old. While 55 percent of the group that was polled in 2006 responded that marijuana use was dangerous, only 35 percent said the same last year. Infrequent marijuana smoking also increased, but not as sharply.

The research is part of the Monitoring the Future project supported by the National Institute of Health that studies substance abuse in American youth. The study has been conducted every year since 1980.

WHY GENERAL DRUG USE IS ON THE RISE

The study also found that the use of illegal drugs overall had increased. In 2006, 34 percent of college students reported using illicit drugs; in 2014, 41 percent have. However, as Fox News pointed out, the increase is mostly related to the trend of growing marijuana use, rather than other substances.

OTHER DRUGS AND THE SURVEY

Students were also surveyed about the use of other drugs, like cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines. While cocaine use may be increasing among college students, the abuse of ecstasy and amphetamines has not increased, and have either remained the same or decreased.

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Marijuana Use Among Students At Its Highest

Why You Get the Munchies When You’re High - http://clapway.com/2015/07/02/why-you-get-the-munchies-when-youre-high765/

Everybody knows what the munchies are, and anybody who has smoked pot knows that the struggle is real. It’s an insatiable hunger that never seems to be tamed. As a stoner, you have your regular stash that you pick up from the store, and nothing else really works but your tried-n-true choices. Cancer patients often use medicinal marijuana to help calm their nausea and give them back their appetite.

Have you ever wondered why you get the munchies or why your munchies are never satisfied? And why is the food so much better when you’re stoned?

THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main active ingredient in marijuana and when you smoke, the chemical reaches the brain at a quick rate. To your brain, THC resembles the natural transmitting neurons, called cannabinoids, which your brain emits to process information. These neurons are located in the part of the brain that help regulate the body’s normal functions, and will normally send out a chemical signal to let your brain know when you are full. The Yale University School of Medicine conducted a study on a group of mice and found that the natural cannabinoids in THC interfered with their body’s neurons causing them (the neurons) to act erratic. Adversely, they are being activated to promote hunger, even when you aren’t really hungry. The neurological effect that the THC had on the mice is what researchers believe is happening in humans as well. The researchers say this is why you get the munchies. The same lab also discovered another side effect of the cannabinoids being tampered with; you think your food smells and tastes more amazing than usual (not that your cooking isn’t amazing when you’re sober!) Another fact that every pot smoker knows from experience; you will also be inclined to eat things that you might not normally eat, whether you’re just craving something normal, like pickles, or something outrageous, like a lasagna made out of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and bacon. Researchers also attribute this to the rogue cannabinoids. If you’ve ever seen Epic Meal Time, I assume that’s what every stoner’s food dreams consist of.

In English Please?

The authors of the study claim to have unintentionally stumbled upon finding this possible reason as to why your stomach is always growling when you smoke. To put it simply, the hormones that are released in your brain when you smoke pot would normally act as an appetite suppressant. However, the THC in the marijuana causes your endorphins to kick in, which adversely acts as a stimulant for your appetite. Your system gets confused, which why you get the munchies.

Of course, there is always more research being done in this field

This is especially true now that many states are contemplating the legalization of marijuana. It’ll be interesting to see what more we discover about the plant.

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Why You Get the Munchies When You’re High