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Hashish is the most potent form of cannabis (marijuana). Hash is made from resin which is extracted from the flow clusters and the top leaves of the marijuana plant. Hashish does not include plant material such as leaves, stems and seed which causes marijuana to be less potent then hashish. This is not to say that hashish is always stronger or of higher quality then marijuana, certain strains of high quality marijuana may be more potent then certain strains of low quality hashish. Most hashish imported into the United States has been stepped (diluted/cut) by dealers making it very difficult to obtain high quality hash. The Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan / Afghanistan are the main sources of hashish.
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Hashish is a cannabinoid, like marijuana. It consists of the THC-rich resinous material of the cannabis plant, which is collected, dried, and then compressed into a variety of forms, such as balls, cakes, or cookie-like sheets. The Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan/Afghanistan are the main sources of hashish. The THC content of hashish that reached the United States, where demand is limited, averaged 6 percent in the 1990s.
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On Hashish (Harvard), translated by Howard Eiland and others, collects all of Walter Benjamin’s writings on hashish, drawing on his participation in a series of drug experiments that took place between 1927 and 1934 in Berlin, Marseilles and Ibiza. Very little of this material was published during Benjamin’s lifetime, although he had been planning what he described as a “truly exceptional study” on the subject. The first half of this book contains transcriptions of the “drug protocols” themselves: the notes made by Benjamin and his fellow participants (Ernst Bloch, philosopher; Jean Selz, writer; Fritz Fränkel, physician; and others) while under the influence of hashish. The remainder of the book consists of essays on the drug’s effects, and relevant extracts from Benjamin’s other work: letters, notebooks and sections of The Arcades Project, the book considered to be his masterpiece. Benjamin saw these investigations as part of the literary tradition of drug experimentation, a lineage that includes Baudelaire, Herman Hesse and (later) Aldous Huxley. Benjamin’s notes reveal unexpected traces of poetry that invite the reader to take a closer look at the world around us: morning combing perceived as an act that “drives out dreams from the hair”; an observation that “the object of our attention suddenly fades at the touch of language”; a reflection that the creative act is a source of joy because it offers “the certainty of unrolling an artfully wound skein,” prompting Benjamin to ask, “isn’t that the joy of all productivity, at least in prose?”
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Hashish is widely available in Europe, as opposed to marijuana which is more sparsely available on the whole, although recent reports suggest a rapidly expanding home-grown supply chain. Reasons for this include the fact that hashish is much more compact, and ... much easier to smuggle than marijuana, and also that countries exporting to Europe have a long tradition of making hashish for storage, quality and export. The expansion in the market for marijuana in Europe is also happening because dealers in certain countries have started offering almost exclusively extremely adulterated hash (soap bar). With marijuana, it is easier to see what you get, although some people try to adulterate or modify it, too, usually with less success than with the soap bar. Consumers are becoming conscious of this, too, and are rapidly avoiding dealers that sell this product. In a worst-case scenario, some European consumers become so accustomed to soap bar, that they erroneously believe that is what they are supposed to get.
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Hashish is often a solid or paste-like substance, of varying hardness and pliability, and will soften under heat. Its color can vary from green, black, reddish brown, or most commonly light to dark brown. It is consumed in much the same way as cannabis buds, often being smoked in joints mixed with tobacco or cannabis buds, or in smoking pipes, or vaporized. It can ... be eaten alone (pure hash is described as having a peppery flavor) or used as an ingredient (baked into cookies or cakes, or added to stews and chocolate). Sale of Hashish is illegal by federal law in United States and in most parts of the world.
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Hashish is traditionally produced in desert conditions and is almost never cultivated in the tropics. It is traditionally found in a belt extending from North Africa to North India and into Central Asia [citationneeded]. The primary hash-producing countries are Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Morocco, Egypt, and India[citationneeded].
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