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How does cannabis get you high? – Live Science
How do marijuana’s psychoactive properties work?

Have you ever looked at your hands? I mean really looked at your hands?
You might think you have, but as the above classic Doonesbury cartoon
implies, people who are high on cannabis
may perceive mundane objects to be far more fascinating than usual.
How is it that a plant
that first emerged on what’s now the Tibetan Plateau can change humans’ perception of reality? The secret lies in a class of compounds called cannabinoids. While cannabis plants are known to produce at least 140
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