1000 BCE: Bhang is first used in Hindu rites in India

1000 BCE: Bhang is first used in Hindu rites in India

1000 BCE: Bhang is first used in Hindu rites in India. Bhang is made from cannabis leaves and buds and ...
1000 - 500 BCE: The Chinese Book of Odes praises cannabis

1000 – 500 BCE: The Chinese Book of Odes praises cannabis

1000 - 500 BCE: The Chinese Book of Odes praises cannabis. The ancient Chinese Shih Ching (Book of Odes), is ...
800-600 BCE: The origins of cannabis smoking: the earliest evidence

800-600 BCE: The origins of cannabis smoking: the earliest evidence

800-600 BCE: The origins of cannabis smoking: the earliest evidence. The origins of cannabis smoking: The earliest evidence for cannabis ...
750 BCE: Assyrians use marijuana medicine to "banish ghost of child birth"

750 BCE: Assyrians use marijuana medicine to “banish ghost of child birth”

750 BCE: Assyrians use marijuana medicine to "bannish ghost of child birth". The ancient Assyrian kingdom existed as a nation ...
750 BCE: Cannabis offerings in "Holy of Holies" canaanite temple

750 BCE: Cannabis offerings in “Holy of Holies” canaanite temple

750 BCE: Cannabis offerings in "Holy of Holies" canaanite temple. A group of researchers discovered, in the 60´s, two limestone ...
700 BCE: Shaman buried with weed in Gobi Desert

700 BCE: Shaman buried with weed in Gobi Desert

700 BCE: Shaman buried with weed in Gobi Desert. It was in the 80’s, when farmers in the Gobi Desert ...
450 BCE: Scythians use cannabis in funeral rituals

450 BCE: Scythians use cannabis in funeral rituals

450 BCE: Scythians use cannabis in funeral rituals. In antiquity, Scythian was a terms used by the Greeks to refer ...
400 BCE: Hopewell tradition Mound Builders smoke marijuana and produce hemp fabrics

400 BCE: Hopewell tradition Mound Builders smoke marijuana and produce hemp fabrics

400 BCE: Hopewell tradition Mound Builders smoke marijuana and produce hemp fabrics. The group of cultures collectively called Mound Builders ...
400 BCE: Scythians smoke marijuana from golden bongs

400 BCE: Scythians smoke marijuana from golden bongs

400 BCE - Scythians smoke marijuana from golden bongs. In 2013 archaeologists unearthed a pair of "bongs" made of pure ...