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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] Three recognized sub-species [13] include: Cannabis indica.
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]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 August 2024. Number referring to cannabis 420 originally "4:20 Louis" Statue of Louis Pasteur at San Rafael High School, by Benny Bufano (1940), site of the earliest 4:20 gatherings in 1971 Observed by Cannabis counterculture, legal reformers, entheogenic spiritualists, and general users of cannabis ...
In 2002, Capper and Noel spoke to The Times about their role in coining the famous weed slang but wouldn't reveal their names in print due to the stigma surrounding cannabis back then.
Used in British English, it can also be spelt "bang", and retains much of the original meaning. In American English it may refer to hemp or a tea made from hemp that is either drunk or smoked. [9] The Bhangmeter, a type of radiometer, is named as a pun on "Bhang". [12] The dictionary definition of bhang at Wiktionary. bhaṅgā
420 is a slang term that refers to the consumption of cannabis. April 20th is commonly celebrated as a holiday dedicated to the drug, due the day being notated as 4/20 in the month-day-year format. Because of these associations, 420 has been humorously referred to as the "weed number". "Weed" is a slang term for cannabis.
A slang scholar, Jonathon Green, noted in 2017 that even though various countries and US states were decriminalizing and legalizing cannabis, more slang terms were still being coined; he suggested that while the need for euphemisms was originally because of the illegality, it had become part of the culture as those using the slang terms did not ...
Marijuana, or marihuana, is a name for the cannabis plant, and more specifically, a drug preparation from it. [1][2][3] "Marijuana" as a term varies in usage, definition and legal application around the world. [4] Some jurisdictions define "marijuana" as the whole cannabis plant or any part of it, [5] while others refer to "marijuana" as a ...