Fishermen illuminate a new vision of cannabis

[Blackaxe]

We knew it gave people the munchies and made them giggle. Now researchers claim to have found a new property in cannabis - it helps us see in the dark.

They made their discovery after becoming intrigued by Moroccan fishermen, who seemed to navigate better on dark nights after smoking generous amounts of local kif - a mixture of cannabis and tobacco.

"They attribute their ability to see to the consumption of kif that they spend entire hours smoking before getting into their barques," one of the team of researchers from the US, Spain and Morocco reported. Jamaican fishermen are said to have shown a similar reaction.

Equipped with a machine for measuring night vision, the researchers headed for the Rif valley, the centre of Morocco's flourishing cannabis trade. "High-grade sifted cannabis was mixed with tobacco in a 2:1 ratio and smoked as kif by subjects employing a traditional sebsi pipe," the team writes in the latest Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/09/1089000357813.html

[taxidriver]

1. like my doctor always said...

to keep the glasses away, smoke weed every day!