All aboard
David Clemow travelled from Papakura to Puhinui by train just after 1pm on Saturday. The full carriage had people dressed in all sorts of costumes.
"As I was getting off the train at Puhinui some more costumed people were getting on. One passenger on board shouted 'Welcome to Hogwarts Express'."
The science behind the munchies
The munchies explained: "Cannabinoid intoxication - i.e. getting high - boosts 'odour detection', amplifying your sense of smell and taste, which causes you to eat more. The authors of the study showed this with mice. First, they exposed a group of sober mice to banana and almond oils. The critters sniffed the oils, but then lost interest. But when a group of mice under cannabinoid intoxication were exposed to the same scents, they got the munchies - they maintained interest for much longer and also ate more. A dose of THC decreased the threshold of odour detection and this effect was clearly correlated with successive food intake," says the study. Natural cannabinoids released by your body during food deprivation do the same thing that THC does for pot smokers - "hunger arouses sensory perception, eventually leading to an increase in food intake".
