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Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 06/02/2015 - 08:00
  • This is according to a study on cannabis use among the Aka foragers
  • Aka offer anthropologists a window into a way of life of our ancestors
  • Higher cannabis use among the Aka is linked to less intestinal worms
  • They may unconsciously use medical marijuana to help fight parasites​

Just like we use medical marijuana today, cavemen smoked cannabis to stay healthy.

This is according to a new study on cannabis use among the Aka foragers, a 'pygmy' people of the Congo basin.

US researchers have found that the more the hunter-gatherers smoke cannabis, the less likely they are infected by intestinal worms.

Higher cannabis use (left) among the Aka was linked to less intestinal worms (right). As one of the world's last groups of hunter-gatherers, the Aka people offer anthropologists a window into a way of life accounting for some 99 per cent of human history

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