Leo Africanus's Description of Africa reported a compound called Lhasis eaten in Tunis: an ounce set eaters laughing and disporting as if half drunk, and provoked them to lust.[1] The 1896 English edition's editor identifies Lhasis — ihasis in the Italian original — as hashish, or Indian hemp.[1] The work itself dates to 1550.[2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Tunisia here.
References
- The History and Description of AfricaLeo Africanus · Hakluyt Society · 1896 · Vol. 3, pp. 722–723; Lhasis passage in the Tunis section; editor's note 46 identifying Lhasis (ihasis) as hashish, or Indian hemp
- Wikipedia — Cannabis in Tunisiaarchived
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