Thursday, December 4, 2008

WOW worlds oldest weed bust... dont get high on Your own supply

The buzz is in for Thursday as the world's oldest marijuana stash has been discovered and it is some very old pot.  It appears to prove that humans figured out several thousand years ago to enjoy marijuana though researchers aren't sure how they did it.  The discovery of the weed that is nearly three thousand years old happened in the Gobi desert.
Buzz: World's Oldest Marijuana Stash Discovery
Buzz: World's Oldest Marijuana Stash Discovery

Gene Byrd has this take on the find.  "In what sounds like it might be Berkley, California or Boulder, Colorado in three thousand years nearly 800 grams of what is described as "high-potency pot" was found alongside what is described by researchers as "a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man approximately 2,700 years ago."

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So we have a grave with a guy from 2,700 years ago, he's lying there and he took his stash with him.  Until now.  This is from and MSNBC report, " "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.

Related - World's Oldest Marijuana Stash Busted (Photos) 2,700 Year Old Pot

So how did the man partake?  Did they light it as people do now and smoke it?  The scientists aren't really sure how the marijuana was administered, since no pipes or other objects associated with smoking were found in the grave.  See pics and more here.  "Perhaps it was ingested orally," Lead author Ethan Russo told Discovery News said. "It might also have been fumigated, as the Scythian tribes to the north did subsequently."

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