Human Brains Make Their Own ‘Marijuana’ from Conception Onward: Endocannabinoid System

 

our bodies contain an entire Endocannabinoid System, and the modern medical system isn’t too terribly concerned with educating us about it.

The endocannabinoid system works in conjunction with opioid receptors in our brains, and plays crucial roles in curbing inflammation and maintaining homeostasis in many of the body’s systems, from the cellular level to the entire human body.
The EC system was actually discovered almost twenty years ago, when research into medical marijuana use was expanding, and being taken more seriously as a potential source for making more pharmaceuticals.
U.S. and Brazilian scientists discovered over a decade ago that the brain creates proteins which act like marijuana, and are linked to specific receptor sites in the brain, as well as in our skin.
The human brain has two types of cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2. THC, the “intoxicating compound” in marijuana, can attach itself to either of them.
However–why do we have two different receptor sites in our brains for cannabinoids in the first place?

Because the human body actually produces its own cannabinoids, which are crucial for development and physical growth. Read More