So i'm taking a botany class right now and i posed the question; how did the production of thc benefit the marijuana plant.. did it ward off animals.. or did god just decide to make the day easier and on the seventh day made marijuana?

Seemed like a plan at the time I guess.........

Go with the second one. Using God to explain everything you don't understand is a real time saver!

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hahah i would but i'm getting extra credit for a definite answer ;]

here is my educated guess

the male plant releases pollen like most plants

the sticky resin THC is used as like a velcro/ magnet to quickly snatch that pollen thats flying through the air and hold that shit TIGHT against the bud and fertilizing it

thats my guess, it makes sense

that doesn't explain the psychoactive properties of it, physical properties yes, but why does it make you feel "high", and why are there so many different effects yet each strain is indeed sticky?

Mankind has been selectively breeding cannabis
for thousands of years.

Because, in the human brain,
there are 'receptors'
for molecules
that are produced
only by the cannabis plant.

Is it possible
that selective breeding
is a two way street?

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Found this using ask.com:

Why does marijuana produce THC?
What is the purpose of THC to marijuana plants? It doesn't kill plant pests. Yet the plant produces it for a reason.

I submit that it is to protect against ultraviolet radiation. It is found more prominently in flowering females because they have a high investment in seed production and they use it to protect against ultra violet (UV) light. This is why plants produce more THC at higher altitudes and at or near the equator.

If THC is a good UV blocker could sunblocks be formulated using these properties? I can even imagine that the molecule may have some sort of anti-aging properties.

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Then if its THC protecting marijuana plants from UV then why dosent other plant life produce it as well, I mean what seperates marijuana plants necessity of creating THC for the purpose of protecting it against the sun and the rest of the plantlife out there from having the same necessity when they are exposed to sun just as much.

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Dude, the first plant that mutated and produced THC just got high and didn't give a fuck. It was too apathetic to bother procreating in the normal way, and just rolled with it.

=D

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