The French, being as insular and ahistoric as they are, never noticed the connection in English between “hashish” and “assasin.” Perhaps the court should study language and history a bit.
That statement would infuriate Frenchmen everywhere, of course. They are so well educated, don’t you know.
"There is no historical evidence whatsoever of hashish being used for anything but medicinal purposes, and the connotation of the Assassins being drug addicts was given to them by their enemies and by polemicists who were seeking to discredit the Assassins and the Nizari." - https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHashshashin