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World's Oldest Stash of Pot Found in Tomb: 2700 Years Old

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Posted on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 01:33:15 PM EST
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The Toronto Star reports:

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.

Batteries of tests were performed on the substance. It had a high "THC" content. Other items in the tomb indicated the deceased was of "high social standing."

The tomb also contained bridles, archery equipment and a harp, confirming the man's high social standing.

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    World's Oldest Stash of Pot Found in Tomb: 2700 Years Old | 15 comments (15 topical)

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    Oldest DFH Too (5.00 / 3) (#1)
    by squeaky on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 01:36:47 PM EST
    No doubt.

    what is "DFH" ? (none / 0) (#5)
    by Blowback on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 03:44:14 PM EST


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    Dirty F'ing Hippie (none / 0) (#6)
    by squeaky on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 03:48:13 PM EST


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    "high social standing." (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by Blowback on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 03:43:50 PM EST
    very

    Yeah. (none / 0) (#8)
    by Fabian on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 05:40:14 PM EST
    You think they let the peons have any?

    Back in the good old days, the good stuff was reserved for nobles and the religious high muckety mucks.  

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    plus (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by skippybkroo on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 10:23:41 PM EST
    they found some rolling rice papers and a 3000 year old half-eaten twinkie right next to it.

    . . . and the Twinkie (none / 0) (#12)
    by Pieter B on Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 03:27:56 AM EST
    was virtually indistinguishable from one bought last week.

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    hopefully, (none / 0) (#2)
    by cpinva on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 01:39:06 PM EST
    the DEA didn't see this, send a SWAT team to break down the doors, arrest the occupant and confiscate his "stash". possession with intent to distribute would be my guess.

    Not just the stash... (5.00 / 1) (#17)
    by kdog on Mon Dec 01, 2008 at 10:18:48 AM EST
    would be confiscated...they'd take the tomb, any artifacts...probably be a nice score for the budget, some artifacts go for big bucks.

    I mean, obviously the ancient shaman was just a gangsterdealer and all his possesions are subject to forfeiture:)

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    My father (none / 0) (#3)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 02:33:10 PM EST
    used to say about the Bible book Revelations, that dude was smoking some goooood sh*t :)

    Blue eyes? (none / 0) (#7)
    by Lil on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 04:27:48 PM EST
    How'd they know that?

    Possibly (none / 0) (#11)
    by cal1942 on Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 03:23:23 AM EST
    because the body was buried in a very dry climate.

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    Not weed, dude... (none / 0) (#14)
    by tokin librul on Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 08:42:28 AM EST
    My father (#3)
    by Militarytracy on Sat Nov 29, 2008 at 02:33:10 PM EST
    used to say about the Bible book Revelations, that dude was smoking some goooood sh*t :)

    That dood wasn't smoking weed, he was majorly ripped on 'shrooms, man.

    heh (none / 0) (#15)
    by Salo on Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 09:20:37 AM EST
    opium poppy more likely...

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    Story Would Make Great Cheech and Chong Movie (none / 0) (#16)
    by john horse on Sun Nov 30, 2008 at 12:22:58 PM EST
    In the remotest region of China, two Indiana Jones type archealogists discover a mysterious substance in a 2700 year old tomb.  They roll it up and smoke it.  Mystery solved.

    Tentative titles: Raiders of the Lost Stash or Basketball Jones and the Temple of Shrooms

     

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