Donations and memberships help keep Erowid online. 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 discusses 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 emphasize healthful means of ingestion for recreational and medicinal users. The author concludes by showing how kitchenware found in any home can be used in novel ways to make hashish for personal consumption.