Ok, I’ve never tried opium, but something tells me petting a kitty while being high would feel marvelous.
Here is another one from Paris:
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You're projecting, that cat is high AF from second hand opium, he doesn't wanna go aaannnnyyywhere
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And we now know catnip acts on opioid receptors in their brains, so it makes sense to me that this cat would want to stay her and chill sans 1800s flash like u/homes mentioned
Wait, we know that catnip works on opiate receptors in their brains?
I wonder how it hits them, and if it hits other receptors. I always figured cats have special crazy receptors that makes them look like they see ghosts when they get in a mood, and catnip works on that.
Plenty of other plants will hit opiate receptors kind of sideways while it's main action is elsewhere, iboga for instance but there are others.