The Oldest Stash Of Marijuana Ever Found Uncovered In Tomb

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Huge Stash of Marijuana Found in Ancient Tomb


Duuuuuude! The world's oldest stash of marijuana has been found in far western China, according to an article in the Journal of Experimental Botany.

An ancient Caucasian people, probably the Indo-European-speaking Yuezhi whose fair-haired mummies keep turning up in Xinjiang province, seem to have buried one of their shamans with a whopping 789 grams of high-potency pot 2,700 years ago.

That's about 28 ounces of killer green bud, worth perhaps $8,000 at today's street prices, and enough to keep Harold and Kumar happy for a couple of days.

"It was common practice in burials to provide materials needed for the afterlife," lead author Ethan B. Russo, a practicing neurologist and prominent medicinal-marijuana advocate based in Missoula, Mont., tells the Canadian Press. "No hemp or seeds were provided for fabric or food. Rather, cannabis as medicine or for visionary purposes was supplied."

But the researchers couldn't tell if the weed was meant to be smoked or eaten. No pipes, bongs or rolling papers were found in the tomb.

The ancient Greek historian Herodotus relates how the Scythians, Iranian-speaking nomads who roamed the steppes to the west of the Yuezhi in the first millennium B.C., liked to throw marijuana onto bonfires to induce trancelike states. It's possible the buried shaman followed similar practices.

The substance has been found in two of the 500 Gushi tombs excavated so far in northwestern China, indicating that cannabis was either restricted for use by a few individuals or was administered as a medicine to others through shamans, Russo said.

"It certainly does indicate that cannabis has been used by man for a variety of purposes for thousands of years."

Russo, who had a neurology practice for 20 years, has previously published studies examining the history of cannabis.

"I hope we can avoid some of the political liabilities of the issue," he said, referring to his latest paper.

The region of China where the tomb is located, Xinjiang, is considered an original source of many cannabis strains worldwide.

eyedclaar

Uh-oh, if that exhibit ever comes to America, we'll probably arrest the mummy.

g under p

I wonder if it still has some potency, somebody should give it a try? You know like how scientist like to conduct experiments.

Peace

stickboy

g under p wrote:

I wonder if it still has some potency, somebody should give it a try? You know like how scientist like to conduct experiments.

Peace

I'll try it as long as I dont wind up like dudes from Half Baked or How High

chiquimonkey

man i KNEW i should have pursued archaeology

g under p wrote:

I wonder if it still has some potency, somebody should give it a try? You know like how scientist like to conduct experiments.

Peace

i shall happily offer myself...in the name of science of course. let me go grab a labcoat

but yeah, i wonder what it's like? you just *know* somebody pinched some to take home haha

norm

dayum! talk about chronic :eek:

stickboy

pass that shit!

RolandTD20Kdrummer

linkage..
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1093007.html


It took 10 months to get through the legalese mumbo jumbo just to transport it...The elders (if alive today) would be probably utterly dumbfounded by this reality....(and that's probably a massive understatement).

Supposed to be the original source of many strains out there today. It would be a shame if a few of those seeds didn't get a little bit wet in some sunshine by *cough* mistake *wink* *wink*

I hope whoever eventually tries some uses a water bong...that stuff might take a lung out!

chiquimonkey

you know there's a twinkie in that tomb. that shit lasts forEVER lol

and that's the original source of modern strains? ooooooo man i'm so intrigued it ain't even funny

stickboy

chiquimonkey wrote:

you know there's a twinkie in that tomb. that shit lasts forEVER lol

and that's the original source of modern strains? ooooooo man i'm so intrigued it ain't even funny

yea word, Im ready to start tripping out and seeing shit like they did back then :eek:

norm

must've sucked to have the munchies back then



no oreos :(

Bathgate66

hartamh wrote:

Has anyone tried it out yet?

you know one of those scientists took a pinch.

celebration

proof that tommy chong is not a criminal

Trailer

2700 years ago?? Man that shit has to be completely dried out... yet it still weighs 28 ounces. I wonder how much "killer green bud":D they actually buried that historical stoner with.:cool: