2,700 years old cannabis found!
Marijuana was found in the tomb of a shaman somewhere in northern China to be used in the afterlife
read the whole story on http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/544684 (found via othercrap.com)
The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly cultivated for psychoactive purposes," rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany.
read the whole story on http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/544684 (found via othercrap.com)
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Cannabis is the oldest medicine in the world. Native American rainforest tribes have had plant medicines for everything from toothache to burns to contraception and abortion for thousands of years.
I find it interesting they didn't mention the triple beam that was also buried with this dude. Shaman my ass.
Damn that skunk must be hella old and dry.
>> ^Farhad2000:
Damn that skunk must be hella old and dry.
I would test run it for them if they needed a volunteer. Strictly in the name of science.
you'll have to step in line
*quality
Awarding kulpims with one star point for this contribution to VideoSift - declared quality by UsesProzac.
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