Evidence of Ancient Pot-Smoking Discovered
Buried in the 2,500-year-old Jirzankal Cemetery in the eastern Pamirs region of Central Asia, newly-found traces of potent cannabis offer rare archaeological evidence of pot-smoking. Researchers analyzed 10 bowls found at the site—all contained “small stones that had been exposed to high heat” and nine of them contained cannabis. More importantly, the strain was THC-dominant and implies it was used for its psychoactive properties. Mark Merlin (a cannabis historian at the University of Hawaii at Manoa) tells National Geographic, “It’s a real indication of how long humans have been manipulating cannabis.” Read more at NatGeo.
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