hashish

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As failed treatments mounted and many of the medical philosophies that underpinned the use of hashish became obsolete in France by the late 19th century, its use as medicine largely ended.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2019

Alyan: Passports; the dilapidated balconies of Beirut; the smell of hashish and saltwater; my grandmother’s voice reading Quran; cardboard moving boxes; learning a new alphabet; my family’s stories.

From Salon • May 9, 2017

Tanguay, Crowley wrote in 1912, is like the hashish dream of a hermit who is possessed of the devil.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2009

In this small field alone* he finds enough practical difficulties to make the glittering lunar cities of the space romancers look like hashish visions.

From Time Magazine Archive

A half-repressed word, a moment’s unexpected silence, even an easy fit of petulance on our account, will serve us as hashish for a long while. 

From The Lifted Veil by Eliot, George