Cannabis is having a moment. Half of Americans live in a state with legal marijuana and 9 in 10 people nationwide support legalisation in some form. This is a stark difference from mere decades ...

Ancient Israelites burned cannabis as part of their religious rituals, an archaeological study has found. A well-preserved substance found in a 2,700-year-old temple in Tel Arad has been ...

Israeli archaeologists found a mixture of cannabis and animal dung in the residue found on a 2,700-year-old altar. JERUSALEM (JTA) — The ancient Israelites burned cannabis on their altars during ...

The scientists think ancient people put cannabis leaves and hot stones in the braziers and inhaled the resulting smoke. It's possible the high altitude environment caused the cannabis plants in ...

"Weed is very spiritual, it’s not only medicinal or recreational," Johnson said, citing ancient Indigenous cannabis practices. The very first song he ever wrote, "Smoking the Best Smoke," tells ...

The use of high-potency cannabis leaves a distinct mark on DNA ... from Tylos-period Bahrain (300 BCE to 600 CE), the first ancient genomes from Eastern Arabia, revealed the malaria-protective ...