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Why do people get the munchies after smoking pot?
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Feb 27, 2015
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Why do people get the munchies after smoking pot?
Those crazy late night raids on the fridge, that irresistible craving for chocolate chip cookies? Yes, we're talking 'the munchies.' Yale scientists explored the phenomenon.
After the pot-smoking comes the insatiable hunger. Just ask James Franco and Seth Rogen's weed-loving characters, as seen in this photo from the film 'Pineapple Express.'
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Those crazy late night raids on the fridge, that irresistible craving for chocolate chip cookies? Yes, we're talking 'the munchies.' Yale scientists explored the phenomenon.

Those crazy late night raids on the fridge - that irresistible craving for chocolate chip cookies? Yes, we're talking "the munchies" - and a Yale study may explain the phenomenon.