I think the clue is in the name...hash ... brown. They're a heroin (street name brown) and cannabis (street name hash) combo... and therefore, yes, very moreish.

I certainly have, in fact you've become my go to excuse when my partner asks if I really need new books - weird fiction recommended it! So cheers for that. BTW my partner hates you.

Not what I'd call a unique characteristic.

Maybe check out the Book of Revelation, chapter 13, I think, something about one of the ten heads of the beast, seeming to be wounded and then not. I'm surprised the evangelicals haven't picked up on it.

not waving but drowning at the abyss