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Archaeologists Drug-Tested a 2,800-Year-Old Nomad—and Found the World’s Earliest Stoner

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Hair from a royal Scythian tomb holds the oldest direct evidence of people getting high on weed. Some 2,800 years ago, Scythian nomads in what is now southern Siberia were using cannabis to get high, and researchers believe they finally have the evidence to prove it. Exactly how the horse-riding …

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