New study shows people were getting high 2,800 years ago

Researchers found evidence in a tomb that ancient people used cannabis for its psychoactive effects nearly three millennia ago.

Scientists just found something interesting about the past. They studied a grave that is 2,800 years old. They found cannabis seeds and hair that suggest people were using the plant to get high back then. This happened in a place that is now part of China. Researchers studied the tomb and looked at what was left behind. They found that the cannabis plants grown there had high levels of THC. THC is the part of the plant that changes how your brain feels and makes you feel 'high.' Before this discovery, many people thought that ancient humans mostly used cannabis just to make rope or clothes…