SOUTHERN SIBERIA. Scientists have found the earliest direct evidence that people used cannabis for its mind-altering effects, and it comes from drug testing the dead. An international team recovered more than 1,400 cannabis seeds and chemical traces of psychoactive compounds in preserved human hair inside Tunnug 1, a monumental royal tomb in southern Siberia's Uyuk Valley, pushing the timeline of intentional cannabis use back...
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Isabelle St. Cyr nourishes her ducks, their quacking cutting sharply through the cold Maine air. The 24-year-old, dressed in overalls, strides purposefully between chickens,...