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Researchers say they've found the world's oldest stash of marijuana in a tomb in a remote part of China.
The cannabis was in the grave of a shaman or holy man and was clearly "cultivated for psychoactive purposes" rather than for fiber or as food, researchers say.
It is the oldest example of cannabis being used as a drug and reportedly had a high THC content, the main psychoactive ingredient in the plant.
It is not clear if the cannabis would have been smoked or taken orally. No pipes or other clues were found in the tomb of the 45-year-old shaman.
The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, a member of the Gushi culture based around Turpan in northwestern China.
The cannabis was in such good condition due to the region's dry conditions and alkaline soil that acted as a preservative.
The cannabis was in the grave of a shaman or holy man and was clearly "cultivated for psychoactive purposes" rather than for fiber or as food, researchers say.
It is the oldest example of cannabis being used as a drug and reportedly had a high THC content, the main psychoactive ingredient in the plant.
It is not clear if the cannabis would have been smoked or taken orally. No pipes or other clues were found in the tomb of the 45-year-old shaman.
The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, a member of the Gushi culture based around Turpan in northwestern China.
The cannabis was in such good condition due to the region's dry conditions and alkaline soil that acted as a preservative.
