The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-04-29
VICTIMS OF HEMP.
Not Those who Stretch 1t, but Those Who
Eat It and See Strange Visions.

Not Those who Stretch 1t, but Those who
Eat It and See Strange Visions.
st. James Gazette.
Speaking from personal knowledge the writer
of this paper can assert that the first experiences
of hemp eater are far from agreeable. For
about an hour after taking couple of spoonfns
of tho hemp no effects whatever evident.
Then a feeling of chilliness comes over one, in
creasing to sensation of severe cold. Then
the pulse rises; and, after taking Whit or two
at the narghile as it is passed around. the full
toxic effects of the powder experienced.
The room seems to turn round; the people
near appear to rise the ceiling; the pulse beats
with extreme rapidly. and she throboing Of the
heart becomes audible. The will remains I'M
affected; but thinking becomes impossible
for cannot recollect anything-the ideas
seem to slip away. In another ten minutes the
characteristic Indications of hemp eating appear.
Every object around attains monstrous size.
Men and women seem of Brobdingnagian pro-
portions, the cushions upon which one sits
seem fit for giants. and any triding obstacle In
the way when you attempt to walk appears so
big that you fear to step owes it The room IN
which you may be sitting seems to stretch be-
yond the range of sight, and one fRncles the
street outside is receding before ones very
eye. All sense of time is lost now, and when he
is spoken to, the hemp-eater fsncles there are
long and apparently senseless intervals oeIWsen
the words His own attempts at speech are
similarly marked. the syllables come slowly. la
boriously, and minutes seem to eiapse between
the beginning and end of word.
In this stage It is usual to partake OF more
coffee, which changes the nature of the sensa-
lions A Whit at the narghile that always &C
companies the beverage. and the body seems to
rise into the ali and float about, though, mex
piicably enough, the feet keen FIRMLY pressed TO
the ground. Then ones legs aud arms appear
TO drop off and life and sensation concentrate
themselves to ones thinking. 10 the back OF the
head which feels full to bursting Gradually
strength leaves the smoker; the pine slips from
the nerveiess fingers; will altogether fails and
the body seems to rise and float away in space.
heavy. dreamleHs sleep usually succeeds
such an indulgence in the drug, and, as rule,
the novice awakes none the worse for the even
ine's experiment A little lemon juice removes
any sensation of nausea or light headache that
may ensu6.
Old and experienced hemp-eaters 60 very
methodjcally to work They say that to relish
hemp one must first abstain from all stimulat-
ing food and drink for a brief period; for only
after q short fast one taste 10 the full the
delights OF hashish ana render ones system
fully susceptible to its influence. so. for sew
eraI days previous to the 'oreie. the expert
eueed hemp-eater eats no meat. drinks heltnsF
wine nor spirit lives mainly upon vegebaoie
food. light pastry and ripe fruits, anc SMOKES
r,sas very early and fasts till the afternoon,
when the friends who are to join him arrive.
They prepare for dinner by taking sifong'y-
chsrced nine and inhaling the thick. WITS
smoke 4 light meal u then served y WnSn
nlentv of sweet pastry figures. ana eacn Of me
49, ~ ra,iras to his cushion prepared Tor the
avanincss indulgence. Musicians are statloneo
- @ha ana of the apartment dancing Rlrls are
in.~oduced or il thu host 10 . very wealthy man
he orders his own slaves IN dsmp bonuses are
nassad around and the pines well cnargsa with
80 a.. For this purpose tobacco 10 first laid
In the bowl. upon this small charge OF pure
hashiah exfract is placed. and the whole - nreo
hv rneana of q glowing ember or charcoal ana
aalrnatre which has been mingled with money
aud dried Strong and wellsWeetened eefiee -