
When Fitz Hugh Ludlow was in college, he found a jar of cannabis extract at his pharmacy, deduced that this was the fabled "hashish" described in The Arabian Nights and The Count of Monte Cristo, and gave in to his curiosity by swallowing a spoonful. His life would never be the...

The Hashish Eater (1857) by Fitz Hugh Ludlow is a semi-autobiographical memoir in which the author recounts his intense and often overwhelming experiences with hashish (a concentrated form of cannabis). Ludlow describes how curiosity leads him to experiment...

The Hashish Eater (1857) by Fitz Hugh Ludlow is a semi-autobiographical memoir in which the author recounts his intense and often overwhelming experiences with hashish (a concentrated form of cannabis). Ludlow describes how curiosity leads him to experiment...