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List of slang names for cannabis

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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.

Slang names for cannabis (drug)

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Slang names for marijuana

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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]

Slang names for cannabis identified by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration

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Whether all of these terms are slang names is disputed by some scholars, including writers at The Boston Globe and Reason Magazine.[10][26] Slang names for cannabis that were identified by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2017–2018 and are not corroborated by another source include:[27]

  • 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

Regional slang names

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Francosphere

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Hispanosphere

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Elsewhere
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Nigeria

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Sweden

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Flower/fruit
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Hash
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Indonesia

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Leaf
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  • Daun singkong (Indonesian for "cassava leaf")[39]

Slang names for good-quality cannabis

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Weed, a commonly used slang name for cannabis, written on a banner at a Yippie smoke-in in Ohio in 1978

Slang names for poor-quality cannabis

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Slang names for a cannabis cigarette

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Slang names for a package or a specific amount of cannabis

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Slang names for consuming cannabis

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Slang names for cannabis' effects

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Slang names for a person who consumes cannabis

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See also

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References

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