If you purchase hookah now, we will throw in some alcohol and weed for free!

I recently discovered something that I was not expecting to find in my research. Normally, when people smoke hookah, they put water in the base of the water pipe in order to filter the smoke through it. I have learned though that in some cases people actually add alcohol to the water or just use straight alcohol instead of water. According to some studies, and asking people from personal experience, this gives people a buzz and makes the flavor of the tobacco stronger. People wil add anything from wine to vodka. Upon reading that alcohol can be added to the hookah smoking experience, I also came across the idea of drugs being added to the shisha (tobacco) and then smoked. The most prominant drug that I read about was marijuana. This information was surprising enough BUT when I read on forums that hookah lounge workers can add these substances to the water pipe without the consumer knowing about it, I felt a little bit sick. I then researched that and found that some people have actually been prosecuted for that very thing. It is really scary to think that if you go to a hookah bar or lounge, that someone can add anything they want in your water pipe and you may not even notice. I guess the same thing is true anywhere you go, I mean at restaraunts people can add things to your food, at bars people can add things to your drink. I suppose I find it so fascinating and repulsive because it is something new to our culture and to my knowledge. The dangers of hookah are present in its initial form, but what happens if alcohol and drugs are added? I couldn't find much research on this because I think that it is to new of an idea and no studies have probably been done before. The crazy things that people do.