112 RECREATIONAL CANNABIS
900 BC – Cannabis smoke for intoxicating purposes recorded in
the Scythian culture
1200 BC – Cannabis cultivated and used in the ancient Egyptian culture as a medicine and anti-depressant (likely also as an intoxicant and ritual herb)
2000 BC – Cannabis
use as medicine and an intoxicant (delivery method unclear) common in ancient Chinese culture
circa 2700 BC – Chinese historical/mythological figure Shennong purportedly discovers medicinal properties
of cannabis.
5000-3000BC – The Yangshao culture in China had a cannabis-driven economy, with widespread cultivation as a textile.
26,900 BC – Carbon
date of the oldest
known hemp textile
– a rope.