Not sure which reporting was submitted to HN, but it was recently posted that they'd confirmed Herodotus' report: https://www.reuters.com/science/siberian-burial-site-reveals...

"Chemical analysis of braids of hair from the bodies of several people found in the central burial chamber identified chemical signatures consistent with THC"

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Telemakhos 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Reread Herodotus' report: he claims that the Scythians burned the seeds (τὸ σπέρμα) of the cannabis plant. The seeds contain no THC.

	▲	NDlurker an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Maybe they were burning buds with lots of seeds
	▲	empath75 an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		This is second hand at best for Herodotus, so “seeds” could have been an assumption, and it might have just been sort of flowering material including some seeds and resin etc. I think given the described reaction and, you know, thousands of years of history of people getting high from cannabis it is reasonable to assume they didn’t use seeds and only seeds.
	▲	madaxe_again 32 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I find it really unlikely they were burning the seeds and hot boxing with them, given that burning hemp seeds make unbelievably unpleasant, astringent smoke - about as medicinal as having a tyre fire in your living room.