HANGOVER OF THE VEDAS;
INFATUATION WITH SOMA PLANT AND ITS SUPPOSED BLISSFUL EFFECT LEADING TO DIRECT LINK WITH THE 'GOD'!
The Vedas are infatuated with the Soma plant and its juice.The 9th chapter out of the total 10 chapters of the Rig Veda,is fully devoted to intoxicating Soma plant.Scholars are of the view that Cannabis Sativa [Bhangh] was the Soma of the Vedas. Whatever may be the reality,it 

is beyond any controversy that Cannabis Sativa is regarded as holy plant in the Hindu religious camps.The leaves of the plant are offered to 'god' Shiva in temples and that is regarded as a very pious act.Hindu saints[sadhus] of almost every shade,are fond of drinking the intoxicating juice of the plant and whatever they utter in that intoxicated state,is regarded as the utterance having a blissful effect as in that stage the Sadhu is understood to have direct link with the 'god'. If a Sadhu gives a cup or more of the juice of Cannabis Sativa as prasadum[pious gift],a religious Hindu cannot refuse to accept that.
[The Vedas,the quintessence of Vedic anthologies,page 238-39]