Hash cookie

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Hash cookies, Space Cookie, hash cakes or space cakes are relatively common in regions with liberal drugs policies, including much of Europe (particularly the Netherlands). They are bakery products made using one of the forms of cannabis.

Hash cookies are essentially the same as marijuana cookies, and are also seen in cake, ball, and brownie form. To make them, large amounts of hash (typically half a gram to as much as a gram a cookie) are baked into the product in careful steps, so that the user is able to achieve a high without actually smoking anything. Some users report that the high is not quite as intense as smoking, but instead it is felt throughout the body as a feeling of lightness, sometimes known as a "body high". The main benefits to preparing these cookies is that they can be used in many places where smoking is not convienent, as they can easily be brought to parties, cafes, and work. One is not usually able to tell the difference between regular baked goods and those containing drugs, but they tend to have a slight greenish tinge with marijauna, and they often emit a faint odor. Many resources for recipes, preparation, and dosage are available online, though they vary greatly in effectiveness and quality.

The writer Alice B. Toklas' inclusion of her friend Brion Gysin's recipe for "Haschich Fudge" in her 1954 literary memoir The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book caused a sensation at the time, and led to her name becoming associated with "Alice B. Toklas brownies" for many years afterwards.

In 1999, the Australian newspaper The Age reported that Douglas Lynch and Alexander McLean were charged with giving several Mormon missionaries, on May 19, 12 cookies they had made with the extract from the marijuana plant. McLean pleaded not guilty in Dandenong Magistrates' Court to charges including recklessly causing serious injury and introducing a drug into the body of another and was charged with feeding the Mormons drugs, while Lynch pleaded guilty to charges of cultivating, using and possessing cannabis and was fined $290. Upon leaving the court, Mclean is reported to have said that "If they knock on our door again they are quite welcome to come in and have a cup of coffee and a biscuit".

External links

There are hundreds of recipies on the internet. Examples include:

• The Straight Dope column on Alice B. Toklas brownies (includes original text of recipe)
• Erowid.com recipes for cooking with cannabis.

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