Pot , a common slang name for cannabis, on a sign at a 2012 cannabis rights demonstration inNew York City More than 1,200 slang names have been identified for the product (drug),herb orhashish , obtained from thecannabis plant .[ 1]
Slang names by continent and country [ edit ] African slang names [ edit ] North American slang names [ edit ] In theUnited States , mostslang names formarijuana andhashish date to thejazz era , when it was calledgauge ,jive ,reefer .Weed is a commonly used slang term for drugcannabis . New slang names, liketrees , came into use early in the twenty-first century.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Slang names for cannabis identified by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration [ edit ] Whether all of these terms are slang names, or just some, is disputed by some scholars, including writers atThe Boston Globe Reason Magazine [ 11] [ 28] Drug Enforcement Administration in 2017–2018 and are not corroborated by another source include:[ 29]
Alfombra All-Star Almohada Arizona ashes AZ Barbara Jean Bareta Bash Biggy Black Maria Blue Crush Blue jeans Chistosa Cotorritos Dizz Escoba Gallina Gato Green paint Grenuda Guardada Lechuga Lemon-Lime Liamba Lime Pillows Mafafa Manteca Maracachafa Mariquita My Brother Narizona O-Boy Palm Platinum Jack Popcorn Shoes Shmagma Shora Shrimp Smoochy Woochy Poochy Tigitty Tila Tims Tosca Tristan kush Tweeds Valle Wooz Young Girls Zacate Latin American slang names [ edit ] Marihuana Marijuana Mariguana maría ,mariana ,mari juana ,marinola ,maripepa , etc.)[ 30] Zacate [ 30] Cucaracha [ 31] Juanita [ 31] Doña juana [ 30] Mota [ 31] Daun singkong [ 35] begut (surabaya) joi ("ijo" in reverse, translate to green) peluru ("bullets") orian (ori as in original) adek kakak (adek = weed, kakak = tobacco leafs sprayed with chemicals 2 times stronger than the high fromlegal high gelek (as in gulungan in indonesia which means "roll" of joint) European slang names [ edit ] Slang names for cannabis by quality [ edit ] Good-quality cannabis [ edit ] Weed , a commonly used slang name for cannabis, written on a banner at a Yippie smoke-in in Ohio in 1978Poor-quality cannabis [ edit ] Slang names for specific products [ edit ] Cannabis cigarettes [ edit ] Package or a specific amount of cannabis [ edit ] Slang names for consuming cannabis [ edit ] [ edit ] Slang names for a person who consumes cannabis [ edit ] ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay Steinmetz, Katy (20 April 2017)."420 Day: Why There Are So Many Different Names for Weed" .Time . 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(2015).Law and Religion in Africa: The quest for the common good in pluralistic societies ISBN 978-1-919985-63-3 ^a b "Have You Ever Met That Funny Reefer Man?: The Origin of the Jazz Cigarette" . Archived fromthe original on 2020-11-01.^ Woo, Elaine (April 13, 1999)." .Los Angeles Times ^ Tom Dalzell (25 July 2008).The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English ISBN 978-1-134-19478-0 ^ Thomas Kemper Hitch; Robert M. Kamins (1992).Islands in Transition: The Past, Present, and Future of Haiwaii's Economy ISBN 978-0-8248-1498-4 ^a b Street or Slang Names for Drugs (Report). Snohomish County Health Department. 2019-05-09. p. 2. Archived fromthe original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved2024-08-04 .^ Colella, Kristin (February 6, 2014)."Cooking With Cannabis: 8 Delicious Marijuana Recipes" .TheStreet.com ^ Victor, Terry; Dalzell, Tom (2007).The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English . Routledge. p. 614.ISBN 978-1134615346 ^ Wright, Julia (6 May 2016)."Bye Bye, Baggie: 5 Elegant Storage Boxes For Your Stash" .Civilized . Archived fromthe original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved30 June 2019 . ^ MacKinnon, Malcolm (2017-12-19)."Where All Those Marijuana Slang Terms Came From" .The Fresh Toast . Retrieved2024-04-11 . ^ Stoned, I.M. (2014).Dope: The 200 Most Awesome Things About Weed Simon & Schuster .ISBN 9781440586231 ^ "Fall 2024 - UKnowledge" .UKnowledge . Retrieved12 November 2025 .^ Coltin, Jeff; Ngo, Emily; Reisman, Nick (2024-03-14)."Goodbye, Zaza Waza" .Politico . Retrieved2024-04-11 .Zaza is slang for top-tier weed ^ Reiss, Jaclyn (10 July 2018)."The DEA just put out a new list of slang terms for marijuana, and some of them are pretty hilarious" .The Boston Globe ^ Slang Terms and Code Words: A Reference for Law Enforcement Personnel (PDF) (Report). Drug Enforcement Agency. July 2018. p. 6. DEA-HOU-DIR-022-18. Retrieved8 February 2019 .^a b c d e f g h i j k National Institute on Drug Abuse (2020)."Información sobre la marihuana" .National Institute on Drug Abuse (in Spanish). Archived fromthe original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved2022-04-17 .^a b c d e f Solís Lerici, Alessandro (2016-08-07)."México lanza el diccionario de las drogas" .La Nación . Retrieved2022-04-17 . ^a b "El lenguaje coloquial del cannabis en España" .CSC Abogados (in Spanish). 2017-02-14. Retrieved2022-04-17 .^a b Rodellar, Pol (2017-04-20)."Las mil maneras de llamar a los porros en España" .Vice . Retrieved2022-04-17 . ^ Rowan Robinson (1996).The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant ISBN 978-0-89281-541-8 ^ "Daun Singkong Dikira Ganja, Ini Jadinya" (in Indonesian). Liputan6. 2018-03-26. Retrieved2023-12-28 .^ Jean-Pierre Martin; Christophe Lamfalussy (18 January 2017).Grasset (ed.).Molenbeek-sur-djihad ISBN 978-2-246-86277-2 ^a b c d e f g h "drogue : hachich, herbe, cannabis, marijuana" .www.languefrancaise.net (in French). Retrieved2018-06-15 .^ United Nations Publications, ed. (2003).Terminology and Information on Drugs ISBN 978-92-1-148163-1 ^ Dominique Duprez; Michel Kokoreff (2000). "usages et trafics dans les quartiers". InOdile Jacob (ed.).Les mondes de la drogue ISBN 978-2-7381-0776-3 ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Slangopedia: Slangordbok, slanglexikon, slangord, sköna ord, ordbok, uttryck och talesätt" .www.slangopedia.se .^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar Marin, Cheech; Chong, Tommy (2013).Cheech & Chong's Almost Legal Book for Stoners Running Press . pp. 166– 170.ISBN 9780762449873 ^ "Schwag" .www.dictionary.com . Retrieved6 September 2020 .^ "BIFTER | Meaning & Definition for UK English" . Lexico.com. Archived fromthe original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved2022-08-24 .^ Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor (31 October 2007).Vice Slang ISBN 978-1-134-19484-1 ^ "Beef Cattle Discovery - Skeletal - Tarsal Joint | Animal & Food Sciences" .^ "Seals and Crofts – Cows of Gladness" .^ "Leafly's dictionary of weed slang" . 16 August 2022.^ "South African minister embraces 'zol' meme that mocks her cannabis slang" . 14 May 2020.^a b "Units of Measurement for Marijuana" .ganjapreneur.com . 14 September 2014. Retrieved8 September 2020 .^ "Vape" .Merriam-Webster . Retrieved6 August 2017 .^ Ernest Small (14 October 2016).Cannabis: A Complete Guide ISBN 978-1-315-35059-2 ^ Roberts, Michael (22 September 2014)."Urban Dictionary for Pot? Ten Definitions From Ganjapreneur's Marijuana Slang Site" .Westword ^ Booth, Martin (2004),Cannabis: A History , St. Martin's Press, p. 212.
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