Researchers find oldest-ever stash of marijuana

[BridgeTheGap]

OTTAWA - Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China.

The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly "cultivated for psychoactive purposes," rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany.

The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China.

The extremely dry conditions and alkaline soil acted as preservatives, allowing a team of scientists to carefully analyze the stash, which still looked green though it had lost its distinctive odour.

"To our knowledge, these investigations provide the oldest documentation of cannabis as a pharmacologically active agent," says the newly published paper, whose lead author was American neurologist Dr. Ethan B. Russo.

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[rug]

1. Found nearby was a bone containing the lyrics to Swee Jane in cuneiform.

[Richardo]

6. !!

:rofl:

[Beetwasher]

21. +1

[HopeHoops]

2. Did they smoke it?

:hippie:

[mochajava666]

3. I hope they can clone it

[Botany]

4. The seeds might still be viable

789 grams = 1.76 LBS of Pot ..... gotta test just a little bit for science and what not.

[mochajava666]

8. I work at a University biology lab, and I can guarantee you

that they tried some if they could get their hands on a little. Hopefully there was more than the 789 grams that they claimed.

I hope that there was a lot of seeds, but since it was grown for medicinal purposes, maybe they grew sinsemilla to get huge buds. I wonder if there is anything growing wild in the area.

[Botany]

9. But if it was sinsemilla there would be no seeds.

I have read about some lupine seeds that were older then this marijuana
that germinated after they were found by some researchers. However
the marijuana seeds are not as tough as the lupine seeds.

[mochajava666]

15. I was assuming sinsemilla at first, so I didn't think that

there would be any seeds to find. That's why I thought of cloning instead of planting.

In fact, this instance would be the first time (and last time) I ever wanted to see pot with lots of seeds.

[RainDog]

28. in that case, the females sometimes make the sexy baby with themselves

and produce male flowers.

do not know this from actual experience, btw.

dammnit.

[guitar man]

5. so

How gnarly was it dude? :hippie: :smoke:

[LynneSin]

7. I also heard found next to the stash was the first ever known bag of doritos

:rofl:

[surrealAmerican]

10. How would they know the man's eye color?

[Kali]

14. that's a typo

should have said RED eyes :rofl:


I kill myself

[groovedaddy]

16. No Visine back then? How primitive! n.t

[PVnRT]

11. 2700 years of bogarting that shit....assholes...

[mike_c]

12. damn!-- I thought NO one would EVER look in there....

:cry:

[Kali]

13. you can put your weed in here, man

[jmowreader]

17. I can just imagine the "careful analysis"

In reality there were two keys beside the shaman...the 789 grams is what they turned in.

[velvet]

26. turn, turn, turn

turn up, turn on, then turn in

[rcrush]

18. That belongs to Methos.

He forgot where in China he left it.

[bookworm65t]

19. "Made In China"... as usual

another point of contention for my dad, who is always on a rant about the Chinese-made goods here.

Now I will tell him that pot may have originated in China. Will he still rant? Who knows?

:evilgrin:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. There has to be a Keith Richards joke in here somehow.

Come on people, you are slacking.

[Beetwasher]

22. Dave's Not Here Man

n/t

[BlueJazz]

23. The ten Researchers who "examined" the find also (as luck would have it)..

were across the street from "mel's Mini-Food market".

Mel's will be out of chips, hotdogs and cookies for the next few days....

[GOPisEvil]

24. Was there a half-eaten bag of Doritos nearby?

Or Funyuns, perhaps?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

25. I was thinking a 2,000 year old tube of Pringles

Not surprisingly, there was difference in taste...

[blue neen]

27. The graffiti on the tomb wall says "Esta Es La Mejor Mota".

There is also a red ochre sketch of a man who looks like Chris Robinson.

[RushIsRot]

29. What's Chinese for "Wow!" or "Far Out"?

Sssssssssssss! Ssss, ss, ss, Ahhhhhhhhh!

[MiddleFingerMom]

30. "buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man"

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