World's oldest marijuana stash

[mcdermott]

World's oldest stash of marijuana was recently discovered in a tomb in China.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1093007.html

[TuffsNotEnuff]

Oldie but goodie -- worth going through the site for the fun stuff.

"Egyptian Prince Invents Bong." How'd that look in hieroglyphics ? O.K. -- its in the Gobi Desert. Moses not involved.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28034925/ -- working link.

Lead author Ethan Russo told Discovery News that the marijuana "is quite similar" to what's grown today.

"We know from both the chemical analysis and genetics that it could produce THC (tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase, the main psychoactive chemical in the plant)," he explained, adding that no one could feel its effects today, due to decomposition over the millennia.

Russo served as a visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany while conducting the study. He and his international team analyzed the cannabis, which was excavated at the Yanghai Tombs near Turpan, China. It was found lightly pounded in a wooden bowl in a leather basket near the head of a blue-eyed Caucasian man who died when he was about 45.

[Tony.B.]

If you read it i think the ans or answers are at first rather obvious then it seems to get more complicated ending in a ppl smuggling skunk producing ring in the afterlife..
1 He wasn't going to smoke it at all. He was going to sell it............... pre oredered amount and no scales just suggests previous deals done hence an existing relationship with someone/thing in the afterlife.
Actually on second thoughts (always allow your investigation to be fluid) 2 perhaps the harp doubles up as scales.
3  I don't think it was for personal use ....... it had seeds in it, making it just some bush or 
4 maybe it was a very 'cultivated' strain and he was taking seeds for growing and a Kilo for getting souls into the spirit. Sorted he was going to rent a house in the afterlife, get some lights (pretty easy with all that glowing) and ppl smuggle some workers in to look after the production house (s). Pretty smart operator.................. i wonder what went wrong? Was he waiting for a drought and these guys have truly peed on his bonfire? I guess these are the anwers we wil never know.
My best
TonyB