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Pot, a common slang name for cannabis, on a sign at a 2012 cannabis rights demonstration in New York City. More than 1,200 slang names have been identified for the dried leaves and flowers harvested from the cannabis plant for drug use. [1] This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested expressions.
An ancient Akkadian name originating before the 5th century (400 CE). [47] 麻 (Má) 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
Latin, or scientific name for the entire plant hemp, legally named marijuana, marihuana, ganja or Indian hemp in some jurisdictions. There are many other names for cannabis , [ 12 ] including commonly used terms grass, weed, and ganja. [ 2 ]
In 1996, California became the first state to legalize marijuana for medicinal use, followed by Alaska, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state in 1998. In 2012, Colorado and Washington became the ...
Cannabis (/ ˈ k æ n ə b ɪ s /), [2] commonly known as marijuana (/ ˌ m æ r ə ˈ w ɑː n ə /), [3] weed, and pot, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various ...
Some of the names of synthetic cannabinoids synthesized for recreational use were given names to help market the products. For example, AKB-48 (also known as APINACA ) is also the name of a popular Japanese girl band ; 2NE1 (also known as APICA ) is also a South Korean girl band ; and XLR-11 was named after the first USA-developed liquid fuel ...
In 2024, Miami Beach police made 166 arrests for misdemeanor amounts of marijuana by July 27, representing 25% of such marijuana arrests countywide in that timeframe, according to data from the ...
Across the pond, in a suburb of South Yorkshire, the long-suffering residents of Butt Hole Road couldn't take the jokes visiting tourists and back-side baring teens any longer.