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[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

totally different plant

But it's literally in Cannabaceae, the same family that contains Marijuana (as well as the Hackberry tree). It makes sense that similar compounds would arise in related species, as that is how phytochemistry works. I'm sure cannabinoids are in the foliage of hackberry trees, too.

They are acting like they found cannabinoids in, like, a grass or something.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I think there is another family of plants that does have them though? Like liverworts or something

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That would be interesting if liverworts contained them too. They're very very unrelated to the hemp family, and in fact they're not really closely related to any flowering plant families, but I'm not saying that to say that you're wrong, I've actually never looked into that before. I just think it'd be interesting if cannabinoids developed in liverworts, because that would imply that those compounds evolved independently.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

They are acting like they found cannabinoids in, like, a grass or something

I don’t get people who smoke grass without cannabinoids.

(I’m sorry)

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 5 points 7 hours ago

So my friends in middle school weren’t too far off when they started taking random weeds from the yard and started rolling them up and smoking them 🤔

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 25 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Did they find chlorophyll in it too?

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

Chlorophyll? More like BORE-ophyll!

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 48 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The team found CBD in the fruits and flowers of a plant known as Trema micrantha blume, a shrub which grows across much of the South American country and is often considered a weed, molecular biologist Rodrigo Moura Neto of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro told AFP last year.

[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 51 points 21 hours ago

considered a weed

huehue

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 28 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

team found CBD

Meh, someone call me when it's THC lmao

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Right? I can buy CBD at Wawa.

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It's not what it used to be. They're trying to sell pizzas and burgers now. And hoagiefest hoagies are now $6.

[–] ninjabard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I left their area not long after the pizza started. Didn't know they added burgers. I primarily miss the iced coffee and egg and pork roll breakfast sandwiches.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 1 points 40 seconds ago

Sizzlis are one of the best breakfast foods ever. Sausage egg and cheese on a bagel!

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 34 points 21 hours ago

This shouldn’t be surprising. There are only so many ways to productively arrange organic compounds, and convergent evolution is well-known.

Given similar environmental pressure, immeasurable responses will be tried, and the most effective ones will self-select.