Chinese tombs yield earliest evidence of cannabis use
BBC News - Thu 13 Jun 19Researchers uncover the earliest known evidence of cannabis use, from tombs in western China.
Oldest Evidence for Weed Smoking Found In Chinese Grave
Discover Magazine - Wed 12 Jun 19One of the braziers recovered from the grave site. Some had residues from cannabis smoking in them. (Credit: Xinhua Wu) More than 40 tombs dot the southeastern corner of the Pamir plateau, ...
High times: evidence suggests cannabis smoking emerged around 500 BCE
Cosmos Magazine - Wed 12 Jun 19Chemical analysis of funerary goods indicates pot was grown in western China specifically for its potency. Andrew Masterson reports.
This is how humans smoked pot 2,500 years ago
ABC Science - Wed 12 Jun 19Our ancestors smoked cannabis 2,500 years ago, according to the latest evidence unearthed at a burial site on the Pamir Plateau in western China. But smoking was ...
Tombs in China reveal humans were smoking cannabis 2500 years ago
Newscientist - Wed 12 Jun 19Chemical traces on 2500-year-old wooden braziers are the earliest evidence that people had begun growing mutant marijuana strains that could make them stoned
People may have smoked marijuana in rituals 2,500 years ago in western China
ScienceNews - Wed 12 Jun 19Cannabis may have been altering minds at an ancient high-altitude cemetery, researchers say
The origins of cannabis smoking: Marijuana use in the first millennium BC
Phys.org - Wed 12 Jun 19Cannabis has been cultivated for millennia in East Asia as an oil-seed and fibre crop. Little is known, however, about the early use and eventual cultivation of the plant for its psychoactive ...
People smoked pot to get high 2,500 years ago, study says
FOXNews - Thu 13 Jun 19Getting high on marijuana may not be a modern pastime, as archaeologists have found the earliest clear evidence to date that people were smoking cannabis for its psychoactive properties some ...
People Smoked Pot to Get High at Least 2,500 Years Ago , Livescience - Wed 12 Jun 19People Got High on Cannabis At Funerals 2,500 Years Ago
Geek.com - Thu 13 Jun 19Funerals in ancient China were dope—literally. A new study reveals that mourners burned plants with high levels of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC, the main psychoactive compound in marijuana) as ...
Dude! Smoking-hot evidence found of earliest cannabis use 2,500 years ago - CNET
CNET - Wed 12 Jun 19Scientists discover some of the earliest clear evidence that people used cannabis psychoactive drug.
Cannabis was used for its mind-altering qualities as far back as 1,000 BC
Daily Mail - Wed 12 Jun 19Scientists have found the earliest evidence that people used cannabis to get high in western China as far back as 2,500 years ago. Traces of burnt seeds have been analysed and revealed to be ...
Ancient Wooden Pots from China Contain Cannabis Residue
The Scientist - Wed 12 Jun 19A brazier and charred stones, thought to be part of burial ceremonies, preserve signs that people used the drug thousands of years ago.
Oldest evidence of cannabis smoking found in ancient Chinese cemetery
Ars Technica - Wed 12 Jun 19Charred residue in 3,000-year-old samples the earliest sign of cannabis smoking.
'Stoned-age?' People smoked weed 2,500 years ago, earliest use yet discovered
USA today - Wed 12 Jun 19Some 2,500 years ago, in present-day China, people used cannabis to get high during rituals, scientists announced in a new study published Wednesday.       
2,500-year-old tomb offers earliest evidence of humans using cannabis to get high
CNN - Wed 12 Jun 19Cannabis has been cultivated as a crop for millennia, but there's been little historical or archeological evidence showing when humans began to use the plant for what it's best known for today: ...
High times in ancient China revealed in funerary cannabis discovery
Reuters - Wed 12 Jun 19Marijuana chemical residue has been found in incense burners apparently used during funerary rites at a mountainous site in western China in about 500 BC, providing what may be the oldest evidence ...
People Inhaled Cannabis to Get High at Funerals 2,500 Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests
Gizmodo - Wed 12 Jun 19Humans have been smoking, eating, and wearing cannabis for millennia, and a new study out Wednesday presents some pretty strong evidence of people using it explicitly to get high back during ...
Earliest Evidence of Cannabis Use Found in Western China
Laboratory Equipment - Thu 13 Jun 19NewsResearchers have revealed the earliest evidence for use of cannabis for its psychoactive compounds in western China.Topics: Archaeology
The people of Central Asia smoke marijuana during rituals 2,500 years ago
UPI - Wed 12 Jun 19New research suggests the people of Central Asia were smoking marijuana as early as the first millennium B.C.
The Chinese Were Smoking Genetically Engineered Cannabis 2,500 Years Ago
Science 2.0 - Wed 12 Jun 19Cannabis, known as marijuana in the U.S., Cannabis has been cultivated for millennia in East Asia and like many drugs exported from there to become one of the most widely used psychoactive ...
These Ancient Peoples Smoked the Chronic at Funerals
Wired Science Blogs - Wed 12 Jun 19A finding in western China suggests humans were seeking out high-octane weed for rituals 2,500 years ago.
Origins of cannabis smoking
ScienceDaily - Wed 12 Jun 19A chemical residue study of incense burners from ancient burials at high elevations in western China has revealed psychoactive cannabinoids. The finding provides some of the earliest evidence ...
Ancient pots from Chinese tombs reveal early use of cannabis as a drug
Eurekalert - Wed 12 Jun 19(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Chemical analysis of several wooden braziers recently excavated from tombs in western China provides some of earliest evidence for ritual ...