Charas

Name for hashish. This is usually mixed
with tobacco and smoked in a straight
pipe called a chillum. Smoking hashish
is typical in certain segments of the
ascetic community. For many ascetics,
smoking is a social activity and a rite of
hospitality as well as a religious act that
emulates the god Shiva, whose love for
the drug is well known. In their travels
many ascetics process the marijuana
that grows wild throughout the
Himalayas into hashish to use and sell.
Drug use is forbidden for most people,
but among ascetics—who are deliberately marginal members of society—it is
a fairly common and tolerated behavior.