World's Oldest Marijuana Stash: Two Pounds of Still-Green Weed Found in a 2,700-Year-Old Gobi Desert Grave
Via Ryan
Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world’s oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany.
A barrage of tests proves the marijuana possessed potent psychoactive properties and casts doubt on the theory that the ancients only grew the plant for hemp in order to make clothing, rope and other objects.
They apparently were getting high too.
Lead author Ethan Russo told Discovery News that the marijuana “is quite similar” to what’s grown today.
“We know from both the chemical analysis and genetics that it could produce THC (tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase, the main psychoactive chemical in the plant),” he explained, adding that no one could feel its effects today, due to decomposition over the millennia.
Russo served as a visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany while conducting the study. He and his international team analyzed the cannabis, which was excavated at the Yanghai Tombs near Turpan, China. It was found lightly pounded in a wooden bowl in a leather basket near the head of a blue-eyed Caucasian man who died when he was about 45.
“This individual was buried with an unusual number of high value, rare items,” Russo said, mentioning that the objects included a make-up bag, bridles, pots, archery equipment and a kongou harp. The researchers believe the individual was a shaman from the Gushi people, who spoke a now-extinct language called Tocharian that was similar to Celtic.
Scientists originally thought the plant material in the grave was coriander, but microscopic botanical analysis of the bowl contents, along with genetic testing, revealed that it was cannabis.
Weird science award winnersThe size of seeds mixed in with the leaves, along with their color and other characteristics, indicate the marijuana came from a cultivated strain. Before the burial, someone had carefully picked out all of the male plant parts, which are less psychoactive, so Russo and his team believe there is little doubt as to why the cannabis was grown.
What is in question, however, is how the marijuana was administered, since no pipes or other objects associated with smoking were found in the grave.
“Perhaps it was ingested orally,” Russo said. “It might also have been fumigated, as the Scythian tribes to the north did subsequently.”
Source: http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2016/09/worlds-oldest-marijuana-stash-two.html
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i read the link and even though its nbcnews, i dont understand why they keep referencing the 2700 body found with the pot as the blue eyed man.
i highly doubt his eye color would still be discernible almost three millennia later.
I Call BS on NBC.
More importantly…..you know what this’ll do to the Mary Jane market in Colorado? They’ll be callin it…”Gobi Gold”, or “Triple G” (Gobi Grave Gold) telling everyone that the seeds were viable and they have the ‘only’ stuff grown from the only seeds that were ‘smuggled’ out of the lab…
Where’s JD when you need him?
You know….John Denver….
Rocky Mountain High….Colorado….
https://youtu.be/LLWD2WIvRQk?t=1m19s
lol
So many one liners, so little space…..
Was it any good?
How’d it roll?
How many offers did you get for aid in further testing?
How bad were the stems and seeds?
Was it smooth or was it throat destroying harsh?
Were there any ancient ZigZags with it?
Or roach clips with feathers ?