Huge stash of Marijuana found in ancient tomb
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The world's oldest stash of marijuana has been found in far western China, according to an article in the Journal of Experimental Botany.
An ancient Caucasian people, probably the Indo-European-speaking Yuezhi whose fair-haired mummies keep turning up in Xinjiang province, seem to have buried one of their shamans with a whopping 789 grams of high-potency pot 2,700 years ago.
That's about 28 ounces of killer green bud, worth perhaps $8,000 at today's street prices, and enough to keep Harold and Kumar happy for a couple of days.
"It was common practice in burials to provide materials needed for the afterlife," lead author Ethan B. Russo, a practicing neurologist and prominent medicinal-marijuana advocate based in Missoula, Mont., tells the Canadian Press. "No hemp or seeds were provided for fabric or food. Rather, cannabis as medicine or for visionary purposes was supplied."
But the researchers couldn't tell if the weed was meant to be smoked or eaten. No pipes, bongs or rolling papers were found in the tomb.
The ancient Greek historian Herodotus relates how the Scythians, Iranian-speaking nomads who roamed the steppes to the west of the Yuezhi in the first millennium B.C., liked to throw marijuana onto bonfires to induce trancelike states. It's possible the buried shaman followed similar practices.
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CdiCaro22
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Omg now i kn how im gunna be burried! ;)
- 3 years ago
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CdiCaro22
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melissameows
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Sup God , Where the weed at?
- 3 years ago
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melissameows
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suzannekk
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DAMN!
THAT'S where I put it...... - 3 years ago
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suzannekk
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sickinjersey
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hopefully he has relatives that have been looking for him, maybe they could claim the pot as a personal belonging to the dead guy, and smoke it in his honor, with me of course since it was my idea.whats his name again?
- 3 years ago
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sickinjersey
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ClusterAble [removed]
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Nice! Boy I sure would like to get a hit off that stuff!
- 3 years ago
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ClusterAble [removed]
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mikeyletchero
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First the Egyptians invent beer, and now the Yuezhi are smoking dank! So I guess when we party, we're just taking back to the old school!
- 3 years ago
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mikeyletchero
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TrevTar
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man i would be on top of the world if i found that tomb first. People could try to knock me off, but i'd just float back up!
- 3 years ago
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TrevTar
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arcticspirit
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Move along and quit rubbernecking already, damn.
- 3 years ago
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arcticspirit
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2muchinfo
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If they smoked bud back then and we smoke bud today. I wonder what the future will be smoking hmm...
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2muchinfo
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skyking3525
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And it's from Fox News no less...
- 3 years ago
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skyking3525
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Alex_French
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they dont expect a corpse to smoke out of a bong... or use rolling papers... do they?
- 3 years ago
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Alex_French
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Alex_French
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such old news
- 3 years ago
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Alex_French
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SDLN
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Intoxication is fun. :)
- 3 years ago
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SDLN
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JCantrell
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I wonder how bad the afterlife was to need 8 grands worth of marijuana to get through it.
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JCantrell
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pinkerbelle
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would it still be potent today? or no?...
- 3 years ago
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pinkerbelle
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Beta_Boy
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After (high) life.
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Beta_Boy
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diode
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you have to remember a lot of the firsts were chewed before smoked.
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diode
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dank420
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good friends.. hopefully my friends care about me that much, but i would be satisfied with far less.
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dank420
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BSincere
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Before any body starts to get serious about smoking this stuff, make sure you check the lead content....
- 3 years ago
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BSincere
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tmfs
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yes maybe the mummys can help us open the government's eyes to finally legalize it. I'm hyped!
- 3 years ago
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tmfs
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DeliaTheArtist
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awesomeness.
- 3 years ago
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DeliaTheArtist
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crazy_french
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i wonder how high you would get
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crazy_french
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PoeticS
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It is medicine and an offering. It is a healing tool and our ancestors show us the truth. Giving of earth to the after life.
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PoeticS
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RojoGatto
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king pothead what would you like buried in your tomb?
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RojoGatto
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deeblackangel
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hahaha just a thought from a modern day monk >:3
- 3 years ago
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deeblackangel
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idealist
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i smoked some old bud once....... last thing i remember was seeing my arm hairs wave back and forth and then i passed out sitting up..... never smoke past a certain date.... but still the thought of this ancient ganja is getting me all excited!!
it only a matter of time before its medical uses out rule the prude "upper class" white american laws.
snoogins!!! - 3 years ago
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idealist
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cerulean226
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hahaha awesomee
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cerulean226
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Hurtsville
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Raises hand*
id volunteer for that test cerulean
- 3 years ago
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Hurtsville
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cerulean226
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i wonder if smoking ancient bud will eff you up lol
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cerulean226
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cerulean226
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this is sooo awesome
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cerulean226
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Hurtsville
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8000 dollars my ass. id pay 8000 an ounce just to smoke some of that sweet gnarley ancient shit.
they should recreate the strain yo!
And call it, OmegaBudOne.
im just like, whoa, ancient buds! jesus christ, ANCIENT BUDS!
gimme gimme!
- 3 years ago
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Hurtsville
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lordsbassman
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Hurtsville:
that would be a waist of money unless they were kept in air tight jars... THC losses potency over time especially that long..
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lordsbassman
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Bigdog_mike
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thats what Im talking about even back in the DAY they knew weed was good!
- 3 years ago
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Bigdog_mike
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Commentor
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Bigdog_mike:
the word Canvas comes from the word canibis
- 3 years ago
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justright
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How did the researchers know how strong it was, did they burn some?
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justright
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Mr_Costello
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justright:
Jaja - Im sure they tried 'different' methods of testing.
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Mr_Costello
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pjacobs51
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Just think, if they found weed in the tomb of Jesus. It would be legal in all christian type countries, and you would get a bong hit for communion.
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pjacobs51
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pinkerbelle
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pjacobs51:
lol...either that or they did find some and are keeping it from us
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pinkerbelle
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wrestlerman38
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haha this is awesome. I guess the mummy thought pot would be a lot more expensive in the future when he returned from the after-life...boy, was he right
- 3 years ago
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wrestlerman38
