Are aliens out there getting high? Astrophysicists, yes, real astrophysicists have found trace amounts. 

Nice to know the funding at the University of Hawaii is going to important research. A group of astrophysicists were analyzing the compounds of over one hundred meteorites. The researchers have found Tetrahydrocannabinol, as you may know it, THC. Which is commonly found here on earth in cannabis plants.

This is actually pretty important, not just for stoners, but for scientists as well. This is the first documented find of a psychoactive organic compound originating from outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, a discovery that could revolutionize our modern view of psychotropic agents and their “cosmic” origins, admits astrophysicist James Han, head of the research team.

“These findings will have a profound impact on the science of astrobiology as a whole” admits the scientist, visibly perplexed by the discovery.

“If psychoactive elements are found outside of this planet’s atmosphere, what does it say about the rest of the universe? If these chemical substances, that change brain functions and result in alterations in perception, mood, or consciousness in mammals as well as humans, find their origin in outer space, what role then has cometary impacts played on the human species? Or on life on the planet as whole? This discovery ultimately leaves us with more questions than answers”acknowledges the professor.

“It also gives a whole new meaning to the term getting high” he told local reporter.

Sounds like a case for the X-Files or the Men in Black to me.

 

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