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-	'''Hashish''' (from [[Arabic]], lit. ''grass''; also '''hash''' or many [[slang]] terms) is a preparation of [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]]. It contains the same active ingredients as cannabis (but in higher concentrations) and produces the same [[psychoactive]] effects	+
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-	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 [[Joint (cannabis)|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.	+
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-	== In literature ==	+
-	*''[[The Hasheesh Eater]]'' is an autobiographical book by [[Fitz Hugh Ludlow]], first published in [[1857]].	+
-	*''[[Les Paradis artificiels]]'' (''Artificial Paradises'') is a book by [[France|French]] poet Charles [[Baudelaire]], first published in [[1860]], about the state of being under the influence of [[opium]] and [[hashish]].	+
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