A report on Bhang, Hashish and Cannabis (drug)

Photo of bhang drinkers, from the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission report,1893
Hashish (shown next to a U.S. penny for scale)
Close-up of flowering cannabis plant
Bhang
1.5 grams pressed hashish
Main short-term physical effects of cannabis
Bhang seller in Varanasi
Blood-shot eyes are a sign of cannabis use.
A joint prior to rolling, with a paper handmade filter on the left
Process of making bhang in a village in Punjab, India. On the Hindu festival of colors called Holi, it is a customary addition to some intoxicating drinks.
Sebsi, a Moroccan long-drawtube one-hitter
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Bhang eaters from India (c. 1790)
Trichomes isolated with ice-water extraction method
Types of cannabis
A bhang shop in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India.
A macro cannabis bud
Present-day map of the Jirzankal Cemetery, site of the earliest evidence of cannabis smoking
Cannabis sativa from Vienna Dioscurides, c. 512 CE
Anti-Cannabis propaganda from 1935
Cannabis indica fluid extract, American Druggists Syndicate (pre-1937)
Process of making bhang in a Sikh village in Punjab, India. On the Hindu and Sikh festival of colors called Holi, it is a customary addition to some intoxicating drinks.
countries that have legalized medical use of cannabis
Example of a container and the recreational cannabis purchase in Canada.
Woman selling cannabis and bhang in Guwahati, Assam, India
Dried flower buds (marijuana)
A gram of kief
Hashish
Hash oil
Infusion (dairy butter)

Bhang (IAST: Bhāṅg) is an edible preparation made from the leaves of the cannabis plant originating from the Indian subcontinent.

- Bhang

Hashish (حشيش, ), also known as hash, "dry herb, hay" is a drug made by compressing and processing parts of the cannabis plant, typically focusing on flowering buds (female flowers) containing the most trichomes.

- Hashish

He also mentioned the Egyptian hashish, the Turkish boza, Turkish bernavi and the Arabic bursj forms of consumption.

- Bhang

In 1596, Dutchman Jan Huyghen van Linschoten spent three pages on "Bangue" (bhang) in his historic work documenting his journeys in the East.

- Hashish

The Hindu god Shiva is described as a cannabis user, known as the "Lord of bhang. In modern culture, the spiritual use of cannabis has been spread by the disciples of the Rastafari movement who use cannabis as a sacrament and as an aid to meditation.

- Cannabis (drug)

Extracts such as hashish and hash oil typically contain more THC than high potency cannabis infructescences.

- Cannabis (drug)
Photo of bhang drinkers, from the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission report,1893

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