Ancient drug paraphernalia reveals that people smoked pot in China 2,500 years ago
High in the Pamir Mountains of western China, scientists exploring an ancient cemetery have uncovered 2,500-year old vessels containing the chemical remains of burned cannabis plants.
The discovery, described Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, marks the earliest solid chemical evidence that ancient people sought out cannabis for its mind-altering properties, and could shed light on the interactions between ancient human cultures as well as our evolving relationship with certain plants.
"What this shows is a close relationship between prehistoric populations and their wild botany," said Michael
