Ionesectar

Ionesectar (sometimes called "asari hash") is an opiate derived from the Thessian poppy. The colloquial name is a misnomer, as the drug has very little in common with terrestrial marijuana besides being smoked, and is not especially popular among asari. The drug enjoys a certain following among humans living and working on Illium, in part because it can mitigate the effects of stimulants, which tend to be common in Illium's party scene. Sylvia Christian, for instance, employed ionesectar to get Emmanuelle Sharon to calm down after unwittingly giving her a drink laced with heavy stimulants and a hallucinogen, which triggered a psychotic episode.

Another reason for the drug's popularity among humans is that it is not addictive - at least, not in the way humans understand addiction. Like any opiate, it can become habit-forming if taken often enough, but for humans, the cravings can come years apart; presumeably, this is because the refinement methods were designed with the asari metabolism in mind. That said, popular belief holds that the cravings are particularly strong.