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First off, you’re not imagining it: Edibles do affect you in a completely different way than smoking does. When you take a bong hit, for example, y0u’re heating up cannabis to about 800 degrees Fahrenheit, the video explains. That’s enough …

The Amazons appear throughout Greek myths and legends, but their traits remain roughly the same: They hated all men, lived outside the bounds of regular Greek society, and, most importantly, they were the daughters of Ares, the Greek god of war. The story goes that the Amazons were so dedicated to warfare that they cut off their right breast so they could throw their spears better (according to Tufts University, the word "Amazon" roughly means "missing one breast" in Greek).

The New York Assembly’s Health Committee approved a new bill last week that could allow people in the state to treat severe period pain with medical marijuana, Newsweek reports.Assembly Bill 582 would add dysmenorrhea to the list of conditions people in the state are legally allowed to use marijuana to treat.

MunchiesIf you get hungry after eating a pot brownie or smoking a J, you're not imagining it: There’s science behind the munchies.For instance, recent research found a link between normal human metabolic processes and marijuana. When you consume THC, it interacts with your body’s endocannabinoid system, triggering and interfering with the release of various hormones. One of those hormones is leptin, which tells your brain when your stomach is full or empty.

Scott said he was sending the bill back with suggestions for another path forward and called for changes to be made to the proposal, such as more aggressive penalties for smoking pot while driving or in the presence of children.

When it comes to recreational drugs, you can't get any safer than psychedelic mushrooms.

According to Joe Jonas, then-Disney Channel stars Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus were the ones who first got him to smoke weed. These days, however, both singers are staying clean. Lovato, who has been vocal about her time in rehab …

Apparently, the weed industry is ruining all of our culinary ventures — at least according to one hilarious review of a marijuana grinder, left by someone who thought they were getting something very different.A reviewer who goes by A.

In a recent interview with Billboard, Cyrus explained more of her reasoning. She said that she likes to "surround [herself] with people that make me want to get better, more evolved, open." The marijuana was making her world cloudy, she explained. "And I was noticing, it's not the people that are stoned," she told Billboard.

The most logical explanation for this effect is that you are more “in the present” under the effect of marijuana. You become hyper-focused on what’s going on in your head — your thoughts, ideas, and imagination.