Endocannabinoid System
Ask A Neuroscientist: Cannabis as Vagus Nerve Medicine?
February 23, 2026
Is It Really “Nervous System Medicine”? Welcome to Ask A Neuroscientist, a new series on Fat Nugs that takes a scientific lens towards some of the biggest and juiciest questions around how canabis work in the body. In the first…
Cannabis and the Body: Stretching High, Part 3
January 26, 2026
Following part one and part two of this series on cannabis and the body, the physiology and perception of stretching high are clear: cannabis shifts muscle tone, fascia responsiveness, proprioception, and interoception in ways that can make stretching and movement…
Cannabis and the Body: Stretching High, Part 2
January 19, 2026
Where article 1 in this three-part series mapped cannabis through the tissues — skin, fascia, muscle tone, inflammation — this second article follows those signals upstream into the brain. The ease, fluidity, or deep presence people describe while stretching high…
Cannabis and the Body: Stretching High, Part 1
January 13, 2026
Plant-assisted movement isn’t a new trend — it’s an old relationship resurfacing. Across cultures, cannabis has long appeared alongside dance, athletic ritual, martial arts, and embodied meditation. What we’re doing now is studying what people already knew: the plant changes…
Recreational Medicine: Rethinking Cannabis in the Age of Legalization
September 29, 2022
While cannabis use continues to grow in the United States, our framing of it remains archaic, reflecting a non-existent binary that cannabis is either medicinal or recreational. Yet, the truth is that as more Americans use cannabis, they are discovering…
From Red to Pink – Part II: The Backstory
September 19, 2022
IN THE BEGINNING Read Part I, THE BEGINNING. THE BACKSTORY: I’ve been a performing artist since childhood, attending conservatories and extracurricular programs, primarily in musical theatre. As an only child, I often performed alongside adults, using performance to gain…
Gateway Mary
June 17, 2022
Having come from a strict Colombian family, weed was a sore subject in the ‘80s. My parents left Colombia before the Escobar days, but, the news portrayed Colombia as the drug capital of the world. My parents wanted to escape…