Sci & Tech● Low1h ago · Nov 5, 2026, 7:00 PM
Tomb in Siberia reveals humans were using cannabis 2800 years ago
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Psychoactive compounds have been found in a hair from a Scythian tomb in Siberia, providing the earliest direct evidence of cannabis being used as a drug
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