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Called "connoisseur pot", [12] in the 1960s Acapulco Gold was "a sought-after marijuana for American smokers, considered better quality than the weed growing in California or Texas." [13] "Those in the know sought Mexican Acapulco Gold for the highest of highs." [14] Another report highlighted its "exquisite taste". [5]
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.
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 industry strain cultivated in British Columbia, first called Red Hair Sensi, a hybridization of Panama Red/Acapulco Gold. [4] beatnik 1950s cannabis subculture, also called the Beat Generation. [See cannabis culture.] bhang A traditional edible preparation of cannabis, a drink. [See cannabis edibles and extracts.] black market
"Smoking a little pot can help you to feel happier and more chatty, which is great for being in a social situation." For others, cannabis use helps them cope with the discomfort of travel.
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 ...
Elton John criticized the legalization of marijuana, saying it’s “addictive” and impairs cognitive thinking. “I maintain that it’s addictive. It leads to other drugs,” John, who was ...
There’s no single explanation for why addiction treatment is mired in a kind of scientific dark age, why addicts are denied the help that modern medicine can offer. Family doctors tend to see addicts as a nuisance or a liability and don’t want them crowding their waiting rooms. In American culture, self-help runs deep.