One of the most well-known effects of cannabis consumption is a strong appetite — what most everyone inside and outside the cannabis community knows as “the munchies.” The munchies are absolutely a real phenomenon, despite what some stoners might...

Chips, chicken wings, perhaps some White Castle? We already know that activating the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1R) contributes to that uncontrollable urge to snack. And now, according to a new study published in Nature this week, the munchies are partly...