[Windflier]

may be the type of mess that Mohammed used to smoke

I didn't know marijuana grew in the middle east back then. Then again, I read somewhere that researchers found traces of it in mummy wrappings, so maybe so.

[ansel12]

Cannabis use in the Middle East was already ancient by the time of Mohammed.

Cannabis was always rejected as an intoxicant by Western civilization, even in the time of the ancient Greeks.

There is a difference in these regions, like the West that was alcohol based, and the peoples who were Cannabis based.

[MeshugeMikey]

Hashish,,,primarliy The Assassins (from Arabic: حشّاشين‎ Ḥashshāshīn[1]) were a secret order of Nizari Ismailis, particularly those of Persia and Syria, that formed in the late 11th century. In time, the order began to pose a strong military threat to Sunni Seljuq authority within the Persian territories by capturing and inhabiting many mountain fortresses under the leadership of Hassan-i Sabbah. The name "Assassin" is often said to derive from the Arabic word Hashishin or "users of hashish",[2] a misnomer thought to have been derogatory and used by their adversaries during the Middle Ages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassins