[familyop]

Yep--long history of terrorist assassins using drugs before attacking.

assassin

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Assassin \As*sas"sin\, n. [F. (cf. It. assassino), fr. Ar.
     `hashishin one who has drunk of the hashish. Under its
     influence the Assassins of the East, followers of the Shaikh
     al-Jabal (Old Man of the Mountain), were said to commit the
     murders required by their chief.]
     One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret
     assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for
     defense.
     [1913 Webster]

[ichabod1]

“Shaikh al-Jabal (Old Man of the Mountain), were said to commit the murders required by their chief.”

A muslim name. Could be the murders were blamed on the hash to avoid offending muskies.