Book - Hashish

Rob Clarke, author of Marijuana Botany, illuminates the world of hashish from growing the marijuana plant to collecting it's valuable resin and making hashish, a concentrated form of marijuana's active ingredients. His serious study demystifies hashish and debunks long-held misconceptions.

Clarke traces the history of hashish and surveys both ancient and contemporary hashish-using cultures. In clear, understandable terms, he discussed the ingredients that make up hashish and the biochemistry of the psychoactive constituents and their actions in the human body. Readers learn the how-to of informed purchase and consumption. Smoking techniques and cooking recipes emphasise healthful means of ingestion for recreational and medicinal users.