David Potter / Oxford University Press
Ancient pot stash busted
The top vote-getter in the 2009 Weird Science Awards is the story about the <span style="font-weight: bold">2,700-year-old marijuana stash</span>.
Archaeologists found the still-green plant material in a grave uncovered in China's Gobi Desert. <span style="font-weight: bold">They believe that the marijuana was buried along with an ancient shaman as a mark of high respect</span>. And speaking of "high" ... lab tests showed that the once-potent pot had lost its psychoactive effect over the centuries.
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