Re:Beyond the Brew: The Medicinal Power of Hops
by bugtodiffer on Monday September 02, 2024 @05:16AM
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Cannabis suggests we evolved with it, see Endocannabinoid system or whatever it is called. However, I do believe it is random. Magic mushrooms have been around for longer than we have, so it's probably just chance that they make us trip (which enabled lots of mental healing power).
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Re:Beyond the Brew: The Medicinal Power of Hops
by jeltz on Monday September 02, 2024 @07:20AM
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Isn't it much more likely that cannabinoids are poisonous to insect larvae?
Re:Beyond the Brew: The Medicinal Power of Hops
by morkalork on Monday September 02, 2024 @10:40AM
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Interesting because nicotine in tobacco evolved to ward off insects as well and that's why there's so many pesticides made from related chemicals: neonicotinoids.
Re:Beyond the Brew: The Medicinal Power of Hops
by Kirth on Monday September 02, 2024 @06:11AM
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I'm sorry but that sounds like "wet pavements cause rain" to me. The naming need not be causative in that direction. I'm not disagreeing with that we did indeed evolve with them.. Grug smoke plant. Plant make strong, heal. Grug stomp stupid weeds and make more space for plant. etc
Re:Beyond the Brew: The Medicinal Power of Hops
by CuriouslyC on Monday September 02, 2024 @09:46AM
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Mushrooms have been around longer than we have, but that doesn't mean they've been making psilocybin that long.
Re:Beyond the Brew: The Medicinal Power of Hops
by ethanol-brain on Monday September 02, 2024 @11:44AM
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Just because we have receptors that have affinity for molecules that we call cannabinoids doesn't mean much in terms of evolution related to plants. There is a wide range of molecules that have a shape that bind to the wide range of receptors that are a part of what we call the endocannabinoid system.