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by Dr. John P. Frederik on August 11th, 2008
To the contrary Mr. Hicks, we know exactly why cats behave the way they do when exposed to Catnip: When cats sense the bruised leaves or stems of catnip, they may roll over it, paw at it, chew it, lick it, leap about and purr, often salivating copiously. Some cats will also growl and meow. The cause is that Catnip contains nepetalactone, a terpene. Nepetalactone can be extracted from catnip using steam distillation. Cats detect it through their olfactory epithelium. At the olfactory epithelium, the nepetalactone is hypothesized to bind to one or more olfactory receptors where it mimics a cat pheromone, such as the hypothetical feline facial pheromone or the cat urine odorant MMB.
We are researching it's effect on humans and all we've been getting is positive results so far. 1 out of 10 men is immune to the euphoric mime, you must be that one. So to answer your question "HungryGuy": Yes; A human can get high by smoking, injecting and inhaling catnip and a liquid nepta extract.
Our research of the effects of catnip will soon venture over to avid Marijuana smokers to see if it has any effect on a person of that type. Our research is Cancer patients mainly, some of our test subjects are familiar with Marijuana and say the effects are similar, but not quite on the money. Catnip is a hopeful for the replacement of medical Marijuana.
Do you have any advice for a beginning drug user?
by Weylon on November 24th, 2011
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What should I do if a father I know is smoking weed around his two year old daughter?
by Prettyicecube on November 25th, 2011
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Do you refer to all drugs with the word coke?
by Have A Nice Day on December 11th, 2011
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How can I just say no without hurting the drug pushers feelings?
by Weylon on December 7th, 2011
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Ultimately its my choice & responsibility if i take drugs,but if drugs werent available,i wouldnt take them-dealers should be destroyed?
by MORE GOOD on November 21st, 2011
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Why would we trying to replace medical marijuana with catnip? If catnip is able to make poeple become high and alter their state of mind then it HAS to be illegal because thats how marijuana become illegal in the first place and thats basically what weed does only its probably more potent, other than that it should either be completely legal or illegal.
by puffdis on January 7th, 2009
Quite frankly, I do not know, it's pointless Government research really, just to spend some cash I guess...It's kind of like Global Warming only plausible. Also; Marijuana does alter your state of mind but only on an alcoholic level, it's no worse than having a couple drinks and driving home buzzed.
Also-Once again I am speaking frankly- Marijuana should be legalized to relieve pressure on the Justice system; If they legalized Marijuana there wouldn't punishment for solicitation.
by Dr. John P. Frederik on January 15th, 2009
Puffdis: One of the OTHER reasons Marijuana became illegal is because hemp was becoming too much of a monopoly. Therefore, the government outlawed it. It was just too versatile.
I don't really understand on the other hand why we would replace med. mj with catnip. I am going to test this out though. Just for the sake of curiosity.
by awkwardtheory on August 11th, 2010
lets hope that it dosent replace medical marijuana because weed is the most helpful and respectful plant that god has put on this earth if cat nip can help cancer patients then good but there is no way it can replace weed sry not happening
by Matthew_S5189 on July 6th, 2011