Cannabis (drug)
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| *''[[Artificial Paradises]]'' by [[Charles Baudelaire]] on [[alcohol]] and [[hashish]] (1860) | *''[[Artificial Paradises]]'' by [[Charles Baudelaire]] on [[alcohol]] and [[hashish]] (1860) | ||
| *''[[Über Hashish]]'' by [[Walter Benjamin]] | *''[[Über Hashish]]'' by [[Walter Benjamin]] | ||
| - | *''[[Cannabis (film)|Cannabis]]'' film by | + | *''[[Cannabis (film)|Cannabis]]'' film by Pierre Koralnik |
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| *[[Club des Hashischins]] | *[[Club des Hashischins]] | ||
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Hashish (from Arabic, lit. grass; also hash or many slang terms) is a preparation of cannabis. It contains the same active ingredients as cannabis (but in higher concentrations) and produces the same psychoactive effects
Hashish is solid, of varying hardness and pliability, softening under heat. Its colour can vary from reddish brown to black or it can be golden coloured or greenish if it contains surplus plant material. It is consumed in much the same way as Cannabis buds, often being smoked in joints mixed with tobacco.
Culture
Although cannabis has been used for its psychoactive effects since ancient times, it first became well known in the United States during the jazz music scene of the late 1920s and 1930s. Louis Armstrong became a prominent and life-long devotee. It was popular in the blues scene as well, and eventually became a prominent part of 1960s counterculture.
In literature
- The Hasheesh Eater (1857) by Fitz Hugh Ludlow
- Artificial Paradises by Charles Baudelaire on alcohol and hashish (1860)
- Über Hashish by Walter Benjamin
- Cannabis film by Pierre Koralnik
See also
