Published on Journal of Archaeological Science, a new one scientific study edited by the doctor and famous forensic anthropologist Cristina Cattaneo, described the discovery of traces of cannabis in two skeletons dating back to 1600. Proof that recreational cannabis has been used in Italy for at least 400 years.
In particular, traces of cannabis were found in the bones of a man between 16 and 20 years old, and of a woman between 45 and 54, by archaeotoxicologists of the State University of Milan: by the person responsible Domenico Di Candia and the doctoral student Gaia Giordano.
“On the skeletons preserved in the Ca' Granda burial ground we found the first evidence of non-pharmacological cannabis consumption in the modern age, in Italy and Europe”, ha declared Dr. Cattaneo al Corriere.it.
You also found traces of opiates, which, according to scholars, unlike cannabis, opium derivatives can be associated with purely therapeutic consumption.
In Italy, recreational cannabis has been consumed for 400 years
I'm right THC and CBD the two cannabinoids detected in the two bone samples out of the nine analyzed.
“The presence of these two alkaloids testifies to the use of the cannabis plant by the Italian population during the 17th century - the researchers confirm - In the hospital archive there is still documentation relating to the pharmacopoeia used to treat the patients of Ca' Granda. However, this plant it was not listed within the pharmacopoeia, suggesting that at the time the plant was not administered as a medical treatment in hospitals."
For this reason, it is hypothesized that “The subjects investigated used cannabis as a substance recreational, even if other sources of exposure cannot be identified, such as self-medication, administration as a medicinal plant by other doctors outside Ca' Granda, professional and involuntary exposure. excluded."
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