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Nutmeg and Other Spices That Activate the Endocannabinoid System

Like a lot of people, you probably heard in high school that nutmeg could be a substitute for marijuana. While it sounds like an urban legend, there may actually be some truth to it. Prison inmates, even the great Malcolm X before he converted to Islam, were known to swallow and sniff nutmeg to get high. Well, scientists at the Chicago State University have found that it’s the spice’s interaction with the ECS that may be responsible for this phenomenon.

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