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There's actually not enough there to...: Oh, whatever. Have at it.
Courtesy CayusaMothers! Quick! Smack yer little babies’ thumbs out of their mouths and replace them with something a little more legal, like cigarettes! Now! It’s for their own good!

See, apparently our skin is constantly producing “endocannaboids,” substances not unlike the active ingredients in marijuana.

“Wait,” you say. “My skin is covered in the dank? I need… I need… a carrot peeler!”

No! Chill out! That would be super gross, and I can’t believe you even thought of that! If anything, what you need is a hole-cutting drill bit and a melon baller, because it’s your brain that produces the most endocannaboids.

A new study examines the function of endocannaboids in the skin, and how that might be linked to their presence in the brain.

The skin seems to produce these marijuana-like chemicals as a response to environmental stresses like wind and sun. Endocannaboids help glands in the skin produce the oily substances that protect us from the elements, and which also contribute to pimples and hair loss.

The brain produces similar chemicals in response to stressors and rewards, and they make us feel anxious, or pleased, or whatever. Psychological stress, however, may prompt the skin—as well as the brain—to start producing these chemicals, which lends credence to the thought that stress can cause acne and influence baldness.

As far as getting high from licking your arm goes…well it’s theoretically possible that endocannaboids could do the trick, but even if you were to, say, eat your whole arm, there wouldn’t be enough there to give you any psychological effect. Except whatever psychological effect would come from eating your own arm, I suppose.

Tags : skin, psychology, psycho-stimulant, marijuana, health

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