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To: DiogenesLamp
It evolved to mimic mammalian endocrinal secretions because this is the method plants have always used to produce toxins to mitigate predation.

I suspect if humans ate an entire marijuana plant (as might a herbivore) they would probably walk off a cliff or sit in a pasture until the wolves got them.

Like many Drug Warrior suppositions, this one is wrong: "Along with other psychoactive cannabinoids, THC is a hydrophobic oil, meaning it is insoluble in water but soluble in lipids (oil/fat) and alcohol. Using either one of these to extract THC from cannabis is required to have the cooked product be psychoactive.[1] During preparation the cannabis or its extract must be heated sufficiently or dehydrated to cause decarboxylation of its most abundant cannabinoid, tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), into psychoactive THC." (emphasis added) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_foods#Ingredients_and_effects

(Not that the effects you describe qualify as "toxic" anyway ...)

187 posted on 01/23/2015 1:27:24 PM PST by ConservingFreedom (A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: ConservingFreedom
I suspect if humans ate an entire marijuana plant (as might a herbivore) they would probably walk off a cliff or sit in a pasture until the wolves got them.

Like many Drug Warrior suppositions, this one is wrong:...blah blah blah blah blah...

You think someone can eat an entire marijuana plant and be functional? What are you smoking? Never mind.

230 posted on 01/24/2015 3:24:12 PM PST by DiogenesLamp
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