Seeds, preserved hair in tomb point to oldest signs of cannabis high 2,800 years ago, study suggests
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People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought — at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests.
GENEVA — People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought — at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests.
Archeologists 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 cannabis consumption at least 300 years earlier than previously known use in neighbouring China.
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