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Cannabis Use Dates Back 2,800 Years in Siberia

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 07 November 2026, 11:15 UTC ·10 sec listen

Evidence from a Siberian Scythian burial suggests people used cannabis about 2,800 years ago, roughly 300 years earlier than researchers had previously predicted. The discovery pushes back the known history of human cannabis use worldwide.

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