Question about marijuana.

[The Joker]

What is it about cannabis that makes people hungry?

[ShredtheGnar]

One of the active ingredients desensitizes the part of your brain that tells you that your stomach is full, so you feel hungry.

[aperson444]

Inhibition of the hunger suppressing hormone leptin. Other hormones are affected. Cannabinoids act at the hypothalamus and modulate hunger hormones to promote food intake. The result is the munchies.

[ImCoolBeans]

Inhibition of the hunger suppressing hormone leptin. Other hormones are affected. Cannabinoids act at the hypothalamus and modulate hunger hormones to promote food intake. The result is the munchies.

That is 100% spot on.