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Show EVIL EFFECTS OF HASHISH Actt on Nervous System In Varlout Way, which Differ Acoordlnj to the Individual. The Arabs call a man who !tt dulges In the drug hashish a "has-: "has-: hash," the plural of which It I "hashhasheen." A band of Moslera fanatics who flourished in the Eleventh and Twelfth centurier and devoted themselves to murder ing secretly the enemies of th( prophet, used to fortify themselves with hashish for their desperate deeds. They came to Be known ai "hashasheeri" hence the English word "assassin." Hashish acts on the nervous system sys-tem In various ways, which dlffei according to the Individual and the strength of the dose. A small dose produces gayety, a larger one hallucinations, hal-lucinations, delirium and some-times some-times catalepsy. An average dos( Induces a dreamy state, when tbi lndulger becomes the sport of rapidly rap-idly shifting Ideas. The habitual "hashash" can rarely collect nil thoughts, his memory goes and he is prone to curious errors of pep ceptlon. Herodotus records that the Scythians Scyth-ians burned the seeds of hemp during dur-ing the purification ceremonlei that took place after a death anij that they became Intoxicated by the fumes. Detroit News, |