# Time to update the Marijuana Munchies column **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [November 22, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-update-the-marijuana-munchies-column/214696 "2003-11-22T16:34:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BooksWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooksWoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooksWoods)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-update-the-marijuana-munchies-column/214696/1 "2003-11-22T16:34:11Z")
This old column about [Marijuana and the Munchies](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_267a.html) is outdated. Unique Cannabinoid receptors have more recently been discovered in the brain. [http://www.fortune.com/fortune/thisjustin/0,15704,540400,00.html](http://www.fortune.com/fortune/thisjustin/0,15704,540400,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![substatique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@substatique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/substatique)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-update-the-marijuana-munchies-column/214696/2 "2003-11-24T02:21:48Z")
Sure, we could use a current column on cannabis, but that one hasn’t been proven false. Marijuana (and the cannabinoid system) doesn’t affect your blood sugar levels except in that it changes your eating habits. ---
**Author:** ![BooksWoods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooksWoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooksWoods)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-to-update-the-marijuana-munchies-column/214696/3 "2003-11-29T01:03:18Z")
The point isn’t that the last column was “wrong.” If you look at the article I cited, you’ll see that there is a lot of new, interesting information about receptors in the brain that are specifically triggered by cannibis.