Categories: aggregated

China Figured Out Cannabis Thousands of Years Ago, Then We Made It Illegal.

Chinese researchers at Shandong University just published a study in the Journal of Archaeological Science that does something straightforward: it tells the truth about cannabis’s place in human history. Using phytolith analysis — the study of microscopic plant silica structures found in soil — the team examined 132 samples from two Late Neolithic settlements in the Shandong province. What they found was not marginal or incidental. Cannabis was one of the five grains.

Jason

Share
Published by
Jason

Recent Posts

New Jersey Is Kicking THC Drinks Out of Liquor Stores. High Tide Has a Plan.

New Jersey’s THC beverage market is heading into the most consequential stretch of its short…

19 hours ago

One of the ‘Mormon Wives’ Chooses Cannabis: Here’s What the Church Actually Says

Mormon Wives star Mikayla Matthews says medical cannabis was “literally life-changing” for her nerve pain…

19 hours ago

Chain vs. Indy: Which Dispensaries Do People Prefer?

Chains reorder every two weeks and earn twice the discounts. Independents stock the same breadth…

19 hours ago

Canna Country #26 in Southern Humboldt: The Ocimene Queen of Canna Country Farms

We head to Canna Country Farms in Humboldt for Legendary Strains to discover the Ocimene…

19 hours ago

The Sky Didn’t Fall: What a Decade of Legalization Actually Taught Us

Cannabis advocates should take the lesson here too. The industry doesn't need to inflate its…

19 hours ago

Twenty Brazilian Cannabis Patient Associations Are Meeting Inside a Free Arts Fair in Fortaleza

Twenty patient associations from across northeastern Brazil are meeting in Fortaleza this month, inside a…

2 days ago