globeandmail.com: Researchers find oldest-ever stash of marijuana

Globe and Mail by Dean Beeby | Nov. 27, 2008 (News Report)

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. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Glenn LaBauve - Nov 29, 2008 - 9:05 AM PST
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Glenn LaBauve
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 by Glenn LaBauve - Jan. 5, 2009

Shows man's age old attaction to mind altering substances and current science.

There really is nothing new under the sun, With all the heavy news, I thought this was a little lighter.

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Kenneth Sibbett
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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Jan. 5, 2009

Quality I don't know, but it's definitely scientific. What a stash. Quality marijuana though.

There's a million jokes, but Carlin said"that's some good shit"

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