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Possesses marijuana but not heroin (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

has

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'possesses' is the definition.
('have' can be a synonym of 'possess')

'marijuana but not heroin' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'heroin' could be 'h' (H is a slang term for heroin) and 'h' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'as' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for has that I've seen before include "suffers from" , "Gives birth to" , "Cheats" , "Possesses or owns" , "Eats" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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