Researchers Find Oldest Stash of Weed - in China

The 18 researchers, most of them based in China, subjected the cannabis to a battery of tests, including carbon dating and genetic analysis. Scientists also tried to germinate 100 of the seeds found in the cache, without success. 

Marijuana Origins story thanks to Eric in Europe / 2700 years ago .. found near the remains of a blue-eyed Caucasian dude .. a Shamn, or maybe an ancient backpacker? .. definitely not cultivated for cloth, rope or paper but for psychoactive intake .. The professor who discovered this is from Missoula and consults with a Canadian drug company re. a THC-based synthetic medicine.