GIFs to watch while high - Here is what happens to your vision when high on weed
Humans have an advanced capacity for visual recognition, allowing us to differentiate between complex visuals like plants, vehicles, artwork, and thousands of faces--even when factors such as age cause fluctuations. We are also able to associate these visuals with audio sensations.
Cannabis may have an affect on how well certain cells in the eye's retina operate, those cells (retinal ganglion cells), which are located near the inner surface of the eye's retina, collect visual information and pass it to our brain.
A study published in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology involved around 50 regular daily marijuana smokers and 24 people who had never used the herb. The study also confirmed that the participants eyesight was relatively good. The study showed that those who used weed had a delay in how long it took for information to be transmitted from the retina to the brain, however, it's not clear if the herb has any permanent affect a marijuana smoker vision. Read more about the study here.
GIFs to watch while high
I collected those GIFs to look at while high. Don't scroll down very fast. Take your time staring at each GIF for at least 45 seconds. You will love it, especially when you're high.
Here are my favorite trippy pictures for when you're high, I hope you will enjoy it.
Rocket Launch
Via Juicy Jays and Purple Haze
Another interesting, but a bit outdated, study by the Harvard psychology professor Charles Tart researched the effect of marijuana on our vision. Tart found out that although the vision tends to be "somewhat blurry", but things can be seen sharp in that their edges, contours stand out against the background.
Running For Your Life
Red Eyes
One of the most recognized and common effects of marijuana on our eyes is the Red Eyes. There is a simple scientific explanation. THC tend to lower our blood pressure, and that causes a general dilation in blood vessels and eventually increasing in blood flow through out the whole body, and that includes the blood vessels in our eyes. They also expand and ultimately the Red eyes. One study showed that marijuana used in high doses could have a significant impact on peripheral vision.
Red eyes are also the reason cannabis heals glaucoma patients.
The Dots
Via Acidfaerie-25
Pupils sensitivity
A very well known fact among stoners, marijuana dilates pupils. When you're stoned and take the old flashlight trick from, hopefully, a friend not an officer, your eyes' pupils will dilate, however recover faster from a bright light than the eyes of a sober person.
There is a scientific reasoning behind this, of course. When you smoke weed, the main psychoactive component in marijuana, THC, interacts with our CB1 receptors (neurons) in our brains. This process eventually stimulates the eye's function and increase its sensitivity to light. In other words, when you're high, your brain CB1 receptors notify the cells in our eyes to increase the signal they send to the brain when detecting light. For more about how the main components of cannabis interact with CBD1 receptors, check our blog post THC and CBD, and the Entourage Effect.
Space Ride
In the new study, researchers at McGill University in Montreal applied a synthetic cannabinoid to the eye tissues of tadpoles. They found the cannabinoids made certain retinal cells more sensitive to light, and improved the speed and which the eye responded to even dim stimulus, The Guardian reports. Cannabinoids are the general class of chemicals that can interact with cannabinoid receptors in the brain. The body naturally produces some cannabinoids. Other cannabinoids come from marijuana or other sources. Read more here.
Interstellar
Via Hallucinabi
The study included 52 people who had used marijuana at least 7 times per week during the previous month and 24 people who had never used marijuana. The people in both groups were between 18 and 35 years old. The researchers verified the marijuana use by testing the people's urine for THC, marijuana's main psychoactive ingredient.
The researchers tested the participants' vision and found that their eyesight was relatively good, and that no one in the study group reported having any visual problems from using marijuana such as blurred vision, according to the study, which was published today (Dec. 8) in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology. Read more here.
The Hatch
Via Trippy Marx
The U.S. National Institute of Health republished the study to reflect the growing changes in American cannabis culture.
Their aim was to investigate whether heavy cannabis smoking is linked to poor eyesight. It was conducted by sampling some 12,686 men and women from 1979 to 2010. Heavy weed smokers were compared with light marijuana smokers to gauge whether eyesight quality decreased over the duration.
The study found that:
"Here was no statistically significant difference in the self-reported quality of eyesight among heavy marijuana smokers compared with youths who never used marijuana or are light marijuana users. Heavy marijuana smokers, males and high school graduates have decreased odds of reporting a poor quality of eyesight."
Read more here.
Looking Glass
Enjoy The Ride
Via Pixel8or
The Tunnel
Via Wavegrower
We Are Not Alone
Via UFO The Truth Is Out There
It's Just Another Dimension
Via Protobacillus
Aliens
Via Drugstaff
Hotel Corridor - Only in Dreams
Swinging Through Life
Via Joohwan7
Trippy Alley
Via Local Headass
Grow Your Own
Living the 70's Life
Via Good Vibes And Chill Times
Where Gods Come From
Via Lfdy88
Fluid Space
Via Pixublr
And here is an extra one for you ;)
Via Pink Natural
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