Can people really get 'high' from cacao?

Photo credit. A new craze has hit the scene of legal highs, and it is one that is more widely available than any other. Not only is it cheap, plentiful, and inconspicuous, there is no way that it will ever be made illegal. What is this new high people are embracing with abandon? Snorting chocolate. read more

Photo credit. The effectiveness of cacao as a psychological elevator hasn’t been established, though chocolate, in general, is ingrained in modern culture as “sinfully delicious”, and often compared to the pleasures of sex. In its pure form, one could expect the experience to be that much more intense. read more

Exactly how effective cacao is at getting people high has not yet been established, although there are a number of reasons why it might work. For starters, it contains endorphins as well as a chemical called tyrosine, which is a precursor to dopamine. read more

Experts say there’s too little of the psychoactive ingredients in it to create a high and what they feel is a placebo effect. read more