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Most slang names for marijuana and hashish date to the jazz era, when it was called gauge, jive, reefer. Weed is a commonly used slang term for drug cannabis. New slang names, like trees, came into use early in the twenty-first century. [2] [3] [4]
A cigar filled with cannabis often mixed with tobacco. [2] bong A water filter for smoking cannabis. [2] [See drug paraphernalia.] Boston Freedom Rally Annual cannabis rights demonstration held in Boston since 1989. bowl 1. The part of a pipe or bong that holds the cannabis. 2. A slang name for a cannabis smoking pipe. [See drug paraphernalia.]
The term "spliff" is sometimes used to distinguish a joint prepared with both cannabis and tobacco, [9] as is commonly done in European countries, where joints containing only cannabis are uncommon. [10] In the West Indies where this term originated (especially Jamaica), a spliff is simply a marijuana cigarette, normally containing no tobacco. [11]
Researchers have suggested that smoking a roach with cannabis and tobacco can lead to a more “than eightfold increase in the odds of later initiation of tobacco use”. [12] For many Europeans, cannabis is considered a gateway drug to tobacco. For many Europeans the first exposure to tobacco occurs when they smoke their first Joint (cannabis ...
For the first time ever, more Americans said they smoke marijuana (16%) than tobacco cigarettes (11%) in a Gallup survey conducted July 5-26. The milestone is the result of decades of anti-tobacco ...
Cannabis smoking (known colloquially as smoking weed or smoking pot) is the inhalation of smoke or vapor released by heating the flowers, leaves, or extracts of cannabis and releasing the main psychoactive chemical, Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is absorbed into the bloodstream via the lungs.
Má, a Chinese name for hemp, predates written history and has been used to describe medical marijuana since at least 2700 BCE. It is the earliest recorded name. [48] [49] Hemp is recorded in the Book of Documents. [5] [26] Ma-kaña Bantu. [50] Maconha Portuguese. [51] Marijuana: Americanized Mexican Spanish.
The franchise runs with the pot theme, calling the 4-inch sandwich a “nug.”