Traces Of Cannabis In Human Bones Suggest 17th-Century Italians Were Recreational Pot Users

Scientists examined 9 femoral bone samples from people who lived in 1600s Milan.

People have been consuming weed for a very long time.

Ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote about flowers with psychotropic effects in 440 BC, and medical records from the Middle Ages in Europe show cannabis was widely administered to treat everything from gout, urinary infections and birthing pains to weight loss, as well as being used as an anesthetic.

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