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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]
An ancient Akkadian name originating before the 5th century (400 CE). [47] ้บป (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
By 1821, 'joint' had become an Anglo-Irish term for an annexe, or a side-room 'joined' to a main room. By 1877, this had developed into U.S. slang for a 'place, building, establishment,' and especially to an opium den. Its first usage in the sense of 'marijuana cigarette' is dated to 1938. [13] Many slang terms are synonymous with the word joint.
Slang name for a joint. [3] John Sinclair Freedom Rally 1971 Ann Arbor, Michigan, rally and music festival protesting the 1969 arrest and imprisonment of poet John Sinclair. Among others, John Lennon, Bob Seger, and Stevie Wonder performed for the event. Sentenced to ten years in jail for two joints, Sinclair had been imprisoned for two years ...
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 ]
Kieran Culkin, 42, opened up in a recent interview with The Guardian about getting Mark Ruffalo, 57, high while they were in a play together by swapping a prop joint for real-life marijuana.
Cannabis also has a long history of being used for medicinal purposes, and as a recreational drug known as marijuana or weed. Various cannabis strains have been bred, often selectively to produce high or low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabinoid and the plant's principal psychoactive constituent.
But Marijuana Pepsi and some others with one-of-a-kind names say they are proud of their names, and wouldn't change a thing. What it's like having a unique name