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Possesses heroin and marijuana (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hash

'marijuana' is the definition.
(hash is a kind of marijuana)

'possesses heroin' is the wordplay.
'possesses' becomes 'has' ('have' can be a synonym of 'possess').
'heroin' becomes 'h' ('H' can be a synonym of 'heroin').
'has'+'h'='HASH'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hash that I've seen before include "chop into small pieces" , "Meat dish or hallucinogen" , "Dish of diced meat etc - cannabis (slang)" , "Chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned" , "A finely chopped mixture of meat and potatoes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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