Earliest evidence of cannabis use found in ancient Siberian tomb

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Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence of people consuming cannabis for psychoactive purposes in a tomb dating back almost 3,000 years, according to a new study. Researchers found preserved cannabis seeds and human hair at the monumental elite tomb in southern Siberia, lead study author Gino Caspari, a researcher at the University of Bern, Switzerland, told CNN. “There is a lot of speculation about prehistoric use of plant-based drugs, but through this find we are actually able to show that there is a basis to it,” he said.

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