Seeds, preserved hair in tomb point to oldest signs of cannabis high 2,800 years ago, study suggests

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GENEVA (AP) — People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought — at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests. Archaeologists who led a dig at a monumental tomb in Siberia said they turned up evidence of the earliest known use of cannabis for psychoactive purposes. The findings point to...

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Seeds, preserved hair in tomb point to oldest signs of cannabis high 2,800 years ago, study suggestsGENEVA (AP) — People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought — at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests. Archaeologists who led a dig at a monumental tomb in Siberia said they turned up evidence of the earliest known use of cannabis for psychoactive purposes. The findings point to...WTOP · 5 Nov, 20:28