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My mom asks why I'm suddenly drinking a litre of mango juice every night (imgur.com)

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[–]WeMustDissent 53 points54 points ago

Hahahaha got a mango tree in the backyard and it's in season. . . Been eating about 4 mangos a day. . . Smoothies, shakes, sliced up in the oatmeal, peeled, peeled and sliced, sliced and peeled, etc etc.

Because the vitamins taste so good. . .

[–]little-bird 8 points9 points ago

so jealous that you have a mango tree! damn this Canadian climate

[–]WeMustDissent 5 points6 points ago

yep but it's hot as a muthafucka down in south Fl my friend. . .

[–]HouselsLife 0 points1 point ago

MAN you've gotta be unbearable to be around with that ultra-high fiber diet!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Not compared to everywhere else in the country

[–]Quasitoko 114 points115 points ago

Helps with the uptake of vitamins T, H, & C

[–]toThe9thPower 90 points91 points ago

I would like to clarify that there is no real evidence that shows mango juice will get you higher. The only stuff that has been shown is anecdotal evidence while no real connection has been proven. Even if someone says they got higher this could easily be their brain having a placebo effect and tricking them into thinking they are getting higher. This is why they can give people sugar pills while telling them it is real medicine and the people still get better even though it wasn't really the pill that did anything.

[–]Quasitoko 52 points53 points ago

I majored in Brain and Cognitive Science and know a thing or two about placebo effects and the like, but thanks for clarifying. I haven't read any articles that totally convince me that mango actually increases the effects of marijuana; my post was largely in jest.

Edit: The only supporting evidence that I've come across is that cannabis contains a compound called myrcene, and higher potency strains contain more of this compound than lower grade strains. Mangoes also contain this compound. Myrcene purportedly helps THC cross the blood-brain barrier more easily. The idea is, if you eat a mango 30mins to an hour before smoking, you're increasing the presence of myrcene in your body, thus allowing your body to more efficiently uptake THC. Since high grade pot already has a high concentration of myrcene, the effects aren't as noticeable.

To really see if mango has an enhancing effect on your high, you should try it with schwagg weed (low concentration of myrcene). I'd start out by measuring two equal portions of nug, putting one aside for the second test, and then smoking the first (from sober). After feeling it out and getting a sense of my [#], I'd chill until I come back to a baseline. A few hours later, I'd eat the mango, wait 45 minutes, and then smoke the second portion. Then I'd feel out that high, and compare it to the first. Even if I were to wait until the next day to smoke the second portion from a totally sober baseline, this wouldn't be the most strongly controlled study. It's hard to quantitatively rate a high, so we're forced to rely on less precise self reports (ex; Woah, I was pretty high before, but now I'm really high!). What'd be pretty awesome would be to actually measure the difference in the rate of uptake, but that would take a lot of careful and invasive work.

Tl;dr

  1. Cannabis and mangoes both contain a compound named myrcene. High potency strains are suggested to contain more myrcene than low potency strains
  2. Myrcene is suggested to increase the efficiency with which THC crosses the blood-brain barrier
  3. You should test this theory with schwagg, because heady weed has too high a concentration of myrcene for the mango to make much of a noticeable difference.

[–]hanzvermhatt 4 points5 points ago

Every day when I get home from work, I smoke a joint or a bowl. Last week I bought a mango at lunch, ate in the car on the way home (about a 20 minute commute) then waited about 25 minutes to smoke. The high felt no different, and I couldn't tell if it lasted longer (then again, I'm kind of high all the time).

Also, I have my card so it was super-chronic. Maybe I'll have to smoke some schwagg--FOR SCIENCE!

[–]Quasitoko 0 points1 point ago

Huh, yeah the headiness may have been an issue. Definitely give it a try, and let us know the results!

[–]hanzvermhatt 5 points6 points ago

only trouble is though (and this pretty great trouble to have) i don't know where to find shitty weed...

[–]Quasitoko 1 point2 points ago

Haha. That is a pretty good problem to have.

[–]hanzvermhatt 1 point2 points ago

I have a question related to your major, actually! I have post concussion syndrome--am I worsening (or increasing my chances in causing them) my symptoms by smoking a lot of weed? I've never asked my doctor this question, figured I'd ask you! redditors > doctors, right?

[–]KyleStannings 1 point2 points ago

There is no way he could give you a definite answer unless there have been studies done on it that I haven't heard of. The medical field hasn't been developed far enough for doctors to know every drug interaction with specific types of injuries like yours. The best answer somebody could give to you is "probably not", but to say there is a 0% chance of your symptoms getting worse would be a lie.

[–]Quasitoko 1 point2 points ago

KyleStannings is right, I can't give you a definite answer. What I can do is share with you a couple of the physiological effects of THC and how they might affect your injury.

To start, how long have you been experiencing PCS, and what are the predominate symptoms? If you experience frequent headaches (specifically throbbing, as opposed to a continual dull ache), it might be that blood vessels in your brain are constricting and dilating inappropriately. What can happen is that certain blood vessels constrict, lowering the flow of blood and oxygen to the region, and then the surrounding blood vessels over dilate to compensate. When this happens, some fluid leaks through the junctions in the vessel and triggers pain receptors to recruit chemicals responsible for inflammatory response. As your heart beats, more blood passes through the affected area and gives you the characteristic throb.

If you have these types of migraine-esque headaches, you may have noticed that medicine geared toward alleviating headaches (like beta-blockers) can almost make the pain worse, or stay approximately the same. That's because these aim to fight a common cause of your everyday headache, vasconstriction (narrowing of blood vessels), with vasodilation. You don't want to allow even more blood to travel through affected regions of the brain! And being that marijuana tends to result in vasodilation (expansion of blood vessels), it seems to me that you might want to hold off. That said, a number of migraine sufferers say that smoking helps them more than any other drug, so it's not so black and white an issue to address.

As I was saying above, if your headaches are more like a dull ache, it's likely to be the result of more globalized vasoconstriction. Doctors prescribe cannabis for these types of headaches all the time, but I don't think that they'd advise it for an individual who is experiencing either mild or severe PCS.

On the whole, I'd say it'd be best to take a break until your symptoms have stopped. THC causes a lot of physiological changes that may aggravate a number of your symptoms. It may seem like good immediate relief, but it's probably not wise to regularly introduce foreign chemicals to the brain during recovery.

Think of it as a t-break! When you come back, you'll feel better for having waited, and you'll get super blazed!

[–]hanzvermhatt 0 points1 point ago

Luckily, I don't experience the headaches as bad. I get severe ones once every three, maybe four months. My most prominent symptoms are anxiety, depression, and occasional nausea. I played football in college (and have been skiing since I was 5) and have had a multitude of head injuries, and probably a few concussions that were never even diagnosed. I never started having those issues until after college and my doctor concluded that they were most likely from all of the head injuries I have sustained in the last ten years.

Weed helps a LOT with depression/anxiety/nausea, and well, always helps with headaches haha... I mean, my short-term memory is basically non-existent, but hey, that's why we have smart phones, right?

A mid-summer t-break is kind of impossible for me right now... Going to Pitchfork Music Festival this weeekend, Lollapalooza in August, and Pretty Lights at Red Rocks in August...

I greatly appreciate the insight and advice, I love meeting people like yourself on reddit!

[–]Pete_and_Carl 2 points3 points ago

I will never smoke schwagg again, not even for science.

[–]imthegirl 1 point2 points ago

I smoke schwag .. and I have tried now with five mangoes ... this has yet to work for me...

[–]Quasitoko 0 points1 point ago

Thanks for the input!

[–]kurtdyoung 68 points69 points ago

Wow I have never actually heard of this. However, i can scientifically prove that mangos are delicious.

[–][deleted] 21 points22 points ago

i can scientifically prove that mangos are delicious.

Where can we read your paper?

[–]FranticDisembowel 72 points73 points ago

I'm afraid it's been smoked.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

Awesome!

[–]toThe9thPower 8 points9 points ago

Agreed

[–]Canarka 2 points3 points ago

You've never heard of the placebo effect?

[–]Shaamonaa 3 points4 points ago

You've never heard of the placebo effect...... Oh r/trees.

[–]kurtdyoung 1 point2 points ago

I meant I have never heard that drinking/eating mangos increases the high.

[–]Shaamonaa 0 points1 point ago

Gotcha. Apologies. <3

[–]the_green_lantern007[!] 1 point2 points ago

apologies...... Oh r/trees.

[–]lunaticsb 0 points1 point ago

OK, do it.

[–]blink_again_bitch 3 points4 points ago

I've never heard that it gets you higher, I just like it because it helps with dry mouth

[–]ceandros 4 points5 points ago

Placebo effect DO get you higher, so no problem with that.

[–]toThe9thPower -1 points0 points ago

I am cool with that, I am just saying it is not proven and shouldn't be treated as confirmed fact.

[–]me_gusta760 1 point2 points ago

Question, Ive heard from a fee people and I feel the same way(placebo effect??), But doesnt sugar kill your high faster? Or just eating in general? But if its actually not true, then Im gonna take a chance on this Mango Juice.

[–]MaxTheMad 1 point2 points ago

sugar only kills your high faster if you think it does, it's a placebo effect

[–]toThe9thPower -1 points0 points ago

Well they drink or eat mangos 45 minutes to an hour before they get high and they say it works. I do not think this is impossible, just that it has not been scientifically proven yet. So perhaps it is true, crazier shit has happened.

[–]quitelargeballs 2 points3 points ago

While not proven I've tested Mangoes myself and in my totally non-scientific and subjective opinion: I get baked.

[–]toThe9thPower 3 points4 points ago

I understand, if you notice a change go for it homie. I am just saying it has not been proven yet. That is all. If it is true I wouldn't be surprised, crazier shit happens every day.

[–]bluepheonixia 1 point2 points ago

I smoked the night before last after eating some mango and I ended up high until about lunchtime the next day. It was way more than I was expecting

[–]toThe9thPower -1 points0 points ago

Never said it is impossible, just not scientifically proven.

[–]chelseaott 0 points1 point ago

Even if it doesnt, at least it will cure cotton mouth and taste delicious!

[–]toThe9thPower -1 points0 points ago

Agreed

[–]sacchen 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, I drink it and as far as my subjective experience goes it works. But as for any legitimate scientific studies on the altering of cannabinoid pathways in the presence of chemical x (supposedly myrcene), I have never seen one.

[–]toThe9thPower 0 points1 point ago

Yes, I agree. It may be legit, just has not been proven yet.

[–]annath918 1 point2 points ago

A liter of mango juice per night is a surefire route to Diabeetus

[–]PeteAH 0 points1 point ago

Alot like the "drink orange juice to stop you tripping in a bad trip".

Total bullshit from firsthand experience.

[–]fofifth -1 points0 points ago

This is true - however just because there isn't evidence that this is true does not mean it isn't. It may make you higher; it may not.

[–]toThe9thPower 6 points7 points ago

That is exactly what I am saying.... There is no proof as of right now so until there is real evidence it is kind of ridiculous to have this being passed around as confirmed. I do not think it is impossible, just that it needs to be proven.

[–]fofifth 2 points3 points ago

Yep I agree with you 100% - just stating the obvious just incase.

[–]TheeTrope 1 point2 points ago

Was this an argument for god or mangoes?

[–]Gryndyl 0 points1 point ago

I must have missed the memo. Why are we under the impression that mangos augment anything and by what means do they do it?

[–]fofifth 0 points1 point ago

It is thought that the myrcene allows the THC to cross the blood-brain barrier more efficiently.

[–]Gryndyl 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, I'm all caught up now, thanks! :)

Now if only someone could manage to come up with a reliable source for that info we'd be set.

[–]superatheist95 0 points1 point ago

i dont think thats it.

the myrcene acts as a thc receptor aggregate......something like that.

[–]zwerver -3 points-2 points ago

It is a joke, why so serious?

[–]toThe9thPower 8 points9 points ago

You think people should just pass around information that has not been proven yet which leads to others believing it is factual when it is not even proven?

[–]zwerver -4 points-3 points ago

You should look at context, you can clearly tell this is ment as joke. If you never heard about this before, you wouldn't even know. The only way to know is if u read something about it, and that's where you can argue againt it. Not here, where someone makes a simoke joke.

[–]toThe9thPower 5 points6 points ago

Yes but he is making the joke that he is drinking mango juice for vitamins when he is actually doing it to get higher. It is reinforcing the notion that mango juice gets you higher when this is not yet proven. I can argue against it whenever it is brought up for whatever reason. If someone wants to imply this is true already, I can speak out against it because it is not proven yet.

[–]superatheist95 1 point2 points ago

maybe the guy really likes mango juice, so he drinks it each night when he's high.

[–]zwerver -3 points-2 points ago

Ofcourse you can, but why would you? Even if you're right, why argue it here. No one claims it's true, he might imply it but it might be true for him. Plcebo or not, let the man enjoy it how he likes it.

[–]toThe9thPower 6 points7 points ago

YES they do claim it is true. There are several comments openly discussing mangos getting you higher. I have no issue with what they do personally but when they pass off unproven information as if it factual I have every right to point out there is no real evidence that says it is true. You have no argument here, I did nothing wrong and more people need to know that mango juice is not proven to get you higher....yet.

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[–]toThe9thPower 4 points5 points ago

It is thought to increase the amount of cannabinoids that cross the blood-brain barrier.

 

This is my point exactly. It is "THOUGHT"

 

 

Do some more research? I have done plenty and there is quite literally no real evidence that shows mango juice or any other mango product can get you higher. Companies producing cannibis concentrates with terpenes proves nothing because they could be doing so in order to cash in on this idea that you can get higher. Until real proof is shown this cannot be passed around as if it is already confirmed. That is not how science works.

[–]Pazians 2 points3 points ago

just do it yourself buy some mangoes and some bud. Eat the mango 45 minutes before you smoke and judge for yourself. I personally do it all the time and i say it increases the potency of an average bud and it makes the high last longer.

[–]toThe9thPower 5 points6 points ago

That isn't conclusive proof though. Ever head of the placebo effect?

[–]Pazians 0 points1 point ago

all i gotta say is just do it yourself. I pass this around to all my friends and they all love the mangoes i guess its a placebo effect that works every goddamn time.

Edit: plus grapefruit are known to increase the potency of aspirin why is it so hard to believe mangoes do the same with weed.

[–]toThe9thPower 4 points5 points ago

All I gotta say is let it actually get proven with real evidence.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

Lol downvoted for being reasonable.

[–]toThe9thPower 0 points1 point ago

I am okay with it, the truth doesn't stop being the truth when someone doesn't like it. Mango juice might get you higher, but until it is proven it is wrong to pass this information along as if it is factual already.

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[–]toThe9thPower -2 points-1 points ago

A placebo effect can make very sick people get better because they thought they were taking real medicine. That makes it very obvious that someone could think they were getting higher when they are not.

 

Now onto your other part, my argument comes from the literally proven fact that the evidence supporting this is anecdotal. As in this has not been proven at all. If you actually read any of the stuff people cite you would see there is no real proof that mango juice can get you higher. So you are the only one here that needs to do more research. I am not even saying this is impossible, I am just pointing out it is not proven yet and therefore shouldn't be passed around as fact. Let science prove it first. Or disprove it for that matter.

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[–]toThe9thPower -2 points-1 points ago

You do not understand what a placebo effect even is apparently. The person has to actually take something to trigger this. By believing the mango gets you higher, their brain could actually make them get higher. This is not the same as sitting in your room and trying to make yourself high.

 

These products cannot confirm scientific evidence that does not exist yet. Until real evidence can actually be shown there is no conclusive proof. There is no opinion in this matter, they have to do some real testing to prove this theory. I don't think you understand that there is no defeating my argument when it is based on the proven fact that the connection has not been proven yet. Show me any theory in science that is just believed without testing? They have to prove these things first, and even then they continually test it to make sure. Please stop being a child about this.

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[–]toThe9thPower 1 point2 points ago

I never said it happens every time? Yet again you clearly do not understand what this even is. If the human brain can heal someone who is deathly ill when they are given a sugar pill and told it is medicine, how do you think it is impossible for this to trick people into thinking they are higher? Stop underestimating the power of the human brain.

 

I never jumped to a conclusion? Did I ever say this was impossible or was proven to be false? NO. I said it HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN YET. That is all I said. Please do not try to educate me on science when it is clear you are the only one here lacking knowledge on the subject. Referring to it as a fact was not improper. If this is proven conclusively it would be a fact the same way taking an aspirin will relieve a headache. There is no proof as of right now so until there is it would be wrong to pass this information around as if it was already proven.

 

So I never jumped to conclusion at all because I never said this was impossible or already proven false.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

Do you know what myrcene is?

[–]toThe9thPower -1 points0 points ago

Yes I do and just because it is in mangos does not mean it is already proven to get you higher. Do you know how science works? Until it is tested to be a direct cause of someone absorbing more cannabinoids it would be wrong to pass this off as factual.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points ago

even though it wasn't really the pill that did anything.

If the pill doesn't do anything then why do they give it to people?

Suddenly the Placebo effect seems a lot more interesting, huh? Works on animals and humans to young to know what medicine is too.

[–]toThe9thPower -1 points0 points ago

I believe the person has to be older and able to understand that they have been given medicine. It is essentially the brain tricking itself into feeling better.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Nope. It works on animals and little kids too.

McMillan, FD. The Placebo Effect in Animals. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1999; 215(7): 992-9.

[–]Avohaj 4 points5 points ago

But placebo effect works differently in young human children and animals via suggestion by a related individual (mother or trainer) or sonething similar, quite complicated. it's still all psychological :) just thought to point that out

[–]toThe9thPower -1 points0 points ago

Word up, didn't know that.

[–]Paper_Thin_Walls -4 points-3 points ago

This is correct. Thank you for informing fellow ents out there. Just the placebo effect guys!

[–]SquidMaster52 17 points18 points ago

I like the way you think, I guarantee it

[–]spacebootsohno 2 points3 points ago

You're gonna like the way your upvotes, I guarantee it.

[–]TheBlueButton 12 points13 points ago

...why ARE you suddenly drinking a litre of mango juice every night?

[–]coffeeshopkid[S] 7 points8 points ago

http://420tainment.com/2010/04/enhancing-marijuana-high-mango-myrcene-terpene/

[–]sphRam 16 points17 points ago

http://420tainment.com

Sounds like a reliable source ಠ_ಠ

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

There is no scientific basis for believing that this works.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points ago

There's not even an irrational basis for believing this works.

[–]Wozily 1 point2 points ago

It's probably a placebo type thing that's going on, I guess I just ruined it for everyone by telling you that...

[–]thingsaintjust 1 point2 points ago

eh the placebo effect can persist even when you know it's a placebo so it don't really matter

[–]Wozily 1 point2 points ago

huh, TIL

[–]EntForgotHisPassword 0 points1 point ago

I'm a person who like to believe other people. I have had friends tell me that their experience was more intense than normal having eaten mangos before. I do know that placebo can be quite powerful though so it's hard to tell.

[–]Anon_y_mous -1 points0 points ago

Mangoes increase the effects of marijuana.

[–]toThe9thPower 14 points15 points ago

There is NO proof that this is true.

[–]malachymac95 11 points12 points ago

Even so, he's still getting his vitamins, so it can't hurt to drink the mango juice.

[–]toThe9thPower -5 points-4 points ago

If he wanted vitamins why not take a multivitamin? I would say drink mango juice because it tastes good because a single multivitamin is going to give you a shitload more stuff you could benefit from. But he can certainly drink mango juice for whatever reason he wants, I have no problem with that. This is about whether it makes you higher or not and while I don't think it is impossible, it simply has not been proven yet. Most of /r/trees seems to already believe that it is proven and that just isn't the case... yet.

[–]malachymac95 11 points12 points ago

-_- I didn't say that mango juice was the best way to take vitamins. All I'm saying is that if he's drinking all the mango juice and it doesn't enhance his high, he still gets vitamins.

[–]toThe9thPower -4 points-3 points ago

I know, but if he really wanted those vitamins he should just take a single multivitamin daily. I would say it would be best to drink the mango juice because it tastes good.

[–]barefootrunner 8 points9 points ago

For future reference, eating whole foods rich in vitamins and minerals is a much healthier way to eat vs just popping a multivitamin. The absorption of nutrients just isn't the same.

[–]KyleStannings 0 points1 point ago

Let's be honest here, there has never been a study that could demonstrate a difference in people who took multivitamins and those who didn't in the normal population. At best, multivitamins are only useful in cases of obvious malnutrition and those that have dysfunctional diets. There have been so many studies done on it that even a tiny benefit would have been caught by now and used for marketing. Something like a 1% decrease in chances of cancer would have the medical board shitting its pants but it never happened.

If you are health conscious enough to take multivitamins in the first place, there's a good chance they are doing nothing for you other than wasting your money. Fish oil, vitamin D and zinc are pretty much the only 3 supplements with real consensus among the medical community of their positive effects. Vitamin D can be ignored if you are in the sun for at least 30 minutes a day. Zinc can also be ignored if you get enough from your regular diet (which about 20% of the population doesn't)

Tl;dr: Just take fish oil. Everything else is almost always a waste of time except in special cases.

[–]toThe9thPower -2 points-1 points ago

Yes but you would have to eat a ridiculous amount of food to get the same amount of vitamins so it is not realistic because most people do not eat that healthy. A multivitamin is still the best way to get the most vitamins. Drink mango juice because it tastes awesome. Not sure what you people cannot get about that.

[–]AngryPaperDoll 3 points4 points ago

I don't think someone really needs a specific reason for eating a mango or drink mango juice. It's a mango, dude.

[–]superatheist95 3 points4 points ago

multivitamins dont taste as good as mango juice.

also, mango juice taste amazing.

is this not a good enough reason?

[–]toThe9thPower 0 points1 point ago

What don't you get about drinking mango juice because it tastes amazing? You don't have to taste a multivitamin either you just swallow a pill with some water and get an astronomically better amount of vitamins.

[–]EntgineerNumber27 6 points7 points ago

Idk about that, but if it's a placebo, it's a super badass placebo.

[–]monkeymagoo 15 points16 points ago

even if its not true, hey, mangoes.

[–]toThe9thPower 2 points3 points ago

I am not saying it is impossible, I am just pointing out that there is no real evidence it really gets you higher. If it does, awesome... but it has not been truly proven yet.

[–]legumee 1 point2 points ago

There is NO proof that this is NOT true.

[–]toThe9thPower -1 points0 points ago

Could you maybe try and read some of my comments please? I never said this was impossible or proven to be untrue. I said it has not been tested properly and should not be passed off as factual already until science can actually prove it.

[–]legumee 0 points1 point ago

i know. i was just being a dick.

[–]toThe9thPower -2 points-1 points ago

True true.

[–]MacroSolid 0 points1 point ago

Have fun trying to do a study on this while prohibition remains.

Meanwhile, we'll get vitamins and enjoy the side-effects, placebo or not.

[–]toThe9thPower 2 points3 points ago

There is plenty of testing done with marijuana even by our own government. Not to mention in states such as California I would imagine it isn't so impossible to do some testing. Scientists love testing shit.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Pffft

[–]namtrix 0 points1 point ago

So you supposed to like have it before or during or does it even matter? And you wouldn't happen to know why it's mangos specifically?

EDIT: Didn't see the article OP posted. Whoops.

[–]idgaffu 27 points28 points ago

It should make your jizz taste sweeter for your girlfriend, too. Two birds, one stone[r] type deal.

[–]Jawnnay 31 points32 points ago

Gettin two birds stoned at once.

[–]n734lq 11 points12 points ago

for your girlfriend

or boyfriend.

[–]lillyrose2489 1 point2 points ago

I believe most fruit does that! Though I haven't done much experimenting..

[–]conrad141 0 points1 point ago

Also clear as fuck if you have too much. I was a veterinarian for three years and i pretty much came thick water.

[–]Andythetreehoarder 6 points7 points ago

Yes..all the mangos...

[–]a_telescreen 4 points5 points ago

I bought two mangos this week. That was before I remembered I was taking a tolerance break (for a month. I was spending way, way too much, and it was hurting financially). I'm on hour 13. I did what we always do, and that's check the paraphernalia to see if we have any weed wedged somewhere nice and tight. Obviously this is rarely fruitful. However, tonight, I opened up my grinder which I had already stowed away with the rest of my goodies, and bam. There was green in it. Just enough for about two bowls.

I am eating an entire mango right now.

I have no idea if it's going to make any difference, but Mangos aren't so bad.

[–]Gremlinskaffa 7 points8 points ago

Litre? :)

[–]GoldwaterAndTea 2 points3 points ago

Litre o' mango? Do we serve litre o' mango?

[–]smizzhfx 3 points4 points ago

It's French for "Gimme a fuckin' mango"

[–]Sanctio 3 points4 points ago

Canadien

[–]jwidez 7 points8 points ago

Canadian. Canadien is the singular form of the hockey team.

[–]coffeeshopkid[S] 13 points14 points ago

I think he meant to type canadient

[–]MonstersCloset 4 points5 points ago

he could have also been attempting the french word for Canadian.
upon reading it, I immediately pictured my high school french teacher saying, "Can-ah-de-ENNNNN."
but no, you're probably right. Canadient makes more sense then french words.

[–]jwidez 4 points5 points ago

Touché

[–]superatheist95 1 point2 points ago

and the rest of the developed world.

[–]coffeeshopkid[S] 0 points1 point ago

Oui

[–]dragonslayer9000 3 points4 points ago

so as someone who is actually drinking tons of it, would you say its getting you higher?

[–]coffeeshopkid[S] -1 points0 points ago

It differently took me up a full [1.0] within the first week. Now after a couple weeks... I always feel that high. But is it because its effectiveness has worn off it or am I just now getting that much more lifted? I'll go with the latter.

[–]Jymzjameson 2 points3 points ago

does mango juice work the same as eating a mango?

[–]coffeeshopkid[S] 7 points8 points ago

100% Juice, get that other garbage outta here!

[–]KyleStannings 2 points3 points ago

You also forgot the part where mango juice is fucking delicious.

[–]JTyler82 2 points3 points ago

Billy mays here for mangos

[–]purplematzah 1 point2 points ago

Great post [9]

[–]bmeowza 1 point2 points ago

ORANGE PEACH MANGO IS WHERE IT'S AT.

[–]huntsfromcanada 1 point2 points ago

This is one of the only memes I will always laugh out loud for.

[–]turdcraply 2 points3 points ago

she knows

[–]n734lq 4 points5 points ago

This is the scary thing. I'm almost certain my mom doesn't know about some things, but then again, she's been a mom for 26 years. She's bound to have picked up some things, along the way.

[–]RedPandaJr 0 points1 point ago

Yeah mangos dont really enhance anything.

[–]BaadKitteh -1 points0 points ago

Thank. You.

[–]mellowmark 1 point2 points ago

My moms was like why do you have 2 gallons of mango frozen yogurt in the freezer. My response, "don't worry it won't be in there much longer." I was a 7 before the first milkshake... 2 joints, 3 milkshakes and 1 hour later I was at a 10. I have no idea if it works... :-/ [8.5]

[–]A_Pickle 8 points9 points ago

THERE'S SO MUCH SCIENCE IN THIS POST

[–]Seandoh 1 point2 points ago

lol read this over when your not high :)

[–]BaadKitteh 1 point2 points ago

Damn, you drank 3 milkshakes in 1 hour? I think I would have been sick.

[–]xrawfish 0 points1 point ago

seems like toThe9thPower owns this chatty thing

[–]Blackgeesus 0 points1 point ago

be careful, or else you'll be in the toilet the next morning

[–]BadMotorFinger77 0 points1 point ago

Does ingesting mangoes actually increase one's high?

[–]Furrecus 0 points1 point ago

Who is that guy on the picture?

[–]Dotura 0 points1 point ago

Hightamins

[–]lizamazooo 0 points1 point ago

Will just drinking anything with mango help with getting high?

[–]Hey_You_Asked 0 points1 point ago

Does this work? I've been wondering for some time now!

[–]luckypunk 0 points1 point ago

I love mangoes, too bad they are just so damn expensive :/ (NC here, not sure how its price compares elsewhere)

[–]sirus20x6 0 points1 point ago

watch out mango juice will make you fat

[–]froston21 0 points1 point ago

hahaha my mom will actually make me fresh mango juice using two mangos pretty often; she has no idea....besides that mango is my favorite.

[–]Seandoh 1 point2 points ago

Not to spoil the fun but im pretty sure that its just a theory that it gets you higher,

Source: Post on /r/trees like 2 days ago

[–]thelaughingman528 4 points5 points ago

Nope there is science behind it. Mangos contain myrcene which allows compounds like thc to pass through the blood brain-barrier more efficiently.

[–]Gryndyl 0 points1 point ago

Source? I can find a grand total of zero reputable sources that say anything about myrcene crossing the blood brain barrier.

[–]superatheist95 1 point2 points ago

i read that the myrcene acts as a thc receptor aggregate.

a guy in the comments of a post a few months ago went pretty deep into it.

[–]coffeeshopkid[S] -2 points-1 points ago

No http://www.omma1998.org/Psychopharmacology-Russo-McPartland.pdf

[–]toThe9thPower 9 points10 points ago

The evidence you present is anecdotal. There is no real proof that it gets you higher. You would need a real study that can show people are in fact being introduced to more cannabinoids when they drink this. You could sit here and say "Well I got higher!" And that would not mean anything because your brain could just be tricking you into thinking you are higher. Why do you think they can give people medicine that will cure their ailments when it is really just a sugar pill... yet these people get better? The answer is your brain is fucking awesome.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points ago

You would need a real study that can show people are in fact being introduced to more cannabinoids when they drink this.

True or not, that study is never going to happen. Hearsay and happenstance are all we will ever have to work with.

How enjoyable your experience is depends entirely on your mood and state of mind anyway. Most of the enjoyment of feeling high is from the placebo effect already.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

True or not, that study is never going to happen.

Why on earth not? If it's true that mango juice increases the efficacy of THC the medical world will definitely be interested in pursuing it.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I'm struggling to think of anyone that would benefit from financing research into it. The medical world can be interested in whatever it wants, it's the money that matters.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Which is why someone who be interested - money.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

And who makes money from proving that ingesting a chemical (which is already available in every supermarket) augments the effects of THC? Not to mention that you can't patent, or effectively market, it unless you synthesise it first.

It would represent an incredible investment for a very unlikely return.

[–]toThe9thPower -2 points-1 points ago

You do not know if the study will happen or not. Crazier shit has been researched before so do not make blanket statements like this.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

We'll see.

[–]toThe9thPower -2 points-1 points ago

Yes, let it be proven before you pass it off as factual, that is all I was saying. There is plenty of research done with marijuana. How do you think they can figure out all the benefits of smoking for really sick people? We did studies that followed people with cancer or other various shitty diseases and we found that smoking can drastically alter a persons quality of life. So obviously it isn't impossible to get some scientific research done.

[–]Seandoh 0 points1 point ago

Do they use a different term for mangos or myrcene because i saw neither of these words and can honestly say didnt understand what they did in there experiment. you may be right, but the articles I read always say it may work or it should work in theory.

[–]coffeeshopkid[S] 2 points3 points ago

http://terpenes.weebly.com/

[–]deenasaur -1 points0 points ago

I'll leave this here. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation

[–]Seandoh -2 points-1 points ago

It didnt say anything about mangos

[–]coffeeshopkid[S] 2 points3 points ago

Specifically Myrcene

[–]A_Pickle 3 points4 points ago

Mangos are merely a source of the chemical myrcene. An awesome, delicious source of it.

[–]IpyriteStuff[!] 0 points1 point ago

I'm afraid to try mangoes, they look like they would taste disgusting. That is the only thing stopping me.

[–]A_Pickle 0 points1 point ago

WHAT.

I dunno. Different strokes for different folks, buuut... mangos are easily one of my favorite fruits. Second only to pineapples. It depends when you eat them - too soon after being picked, and they'll be firm and sour (and they're usually yellow and green in color). Too late after being picked, and they're soft and entirely sweet (red and orange in color).

But if you get them in between these stages, when they're not incredibly firm but also not ickily, is-this-rotten soft... and they're a perfectly wonderful blend of sweet and sour with their own fruity tang that's unique to the mango. They're usually a rainbow of colors at this point, strongly orange-ish and green.

I fucking love mangos.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Why are you drinking a liter of mango juice every night?

[–]I_Smoke_Kush 0 points1 point ago

LOL

[–][deleted] ago

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[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

And yet your ready-made gif speaks volumes about your wit and creativity.

[–]I_Smoke_Kush 1 point2 points ago

:D

[–]KiwiEnt -3 points-2 points ago

Mangoes increase your high, white lighters are bad luck(seriously if you use 1 you will most likely die), god exists, and the toothfairy just gave me a bj

[–]Titan1412 1 point2 points ago

I use only white lighters.

[–]WWJBTPC 1 point2 points ago

The mango does help with highs though.

[–]Digitel -1 points0 points ago

That shit doesn't work sorry. Been there done that.. Now Grapefruit Juice and certain Opiates... Now that's real potentation

[–]freddybear -1 points0 points ago

I'm a fitness ent, and I'm going to my friend's house tonight. My father asked me whether we were gonna drink but my mom told him that I don't drink with this friend, we just work out, watch movies and eat healthy. I can't beleive that they don't know that I'm toking. I don't really know why I told you guys this.. Perhaps because I love fruit as well when I'm baked.

[–]SmokeShrubbery 1 point2 points ago

I used to work with one of my smoking buddies, and we were talking about hanging out after work. The boss stated "there's no game on, you're either getting high or doing some gay shit!".... I winked at him. Gaily.

[–]Mortixer -1 points0 points ago

YEah my mom doesnt ask about my habits of drinking anything because well im an adult. Have fun with your mommy.

[–]thebadguyy -2 points-1 points ago

litre

Pffffffffft. Weirdo.

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