Hash has a deep, rich history, and has been processed and used by humans for millennia. It's not known for certain where hash production started, however, smoking was not common in the Old World until the introduction of tobacco. Before the 1500s, hash was consumed as an edible in the East. The word Hashish originates from Arabic, roughly translating to mean "grass". When Napoleon's campaign in Egypt was over in 1798, French soldiers brought hash home with them, popularizing