More than 1,200 slang names have been identified for

marijuana Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive 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 tra ...

and

hashish Hashish ( ar, حشيش, ()), also known as hash, "dry herb, hay" is a drug made by compressing and processing parts of the cannabis plant, typically focusing on flowering buds (female flowers) containing the most trichomes. European Monitorin ...

, the dried leaves and flowers harvested from

cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...

for drug use, including:

Slang names for cannabis

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Slang names for marijuana

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names for cannabis date to the jazz era, when it was called ''Weed'', ''Reefer'', ''Gauge'', ''Jive''. ''Weed'' is a commonly used slang term for marijuana. New slang names, like ''trees'', came into use early in the twenty-first century. * 2 long *

420 420 may refer to: * 420 (number) * 420 (cannabis culture), informal reference to cannabis use and celebrations on April 20 **California Senate Bill 420 or the Medical Marijuana Program Act *AD 420, a year in the 5th century of the Julian calendar * ...

* Ace * Airplane * Alfalfa * Alice B. Toklas * Alligator cigarette * Aloe Vera * Amnesia * Angola * Ashes * Asparagus * Astro turf * Atshitshi * Aunt Mary * Baby * Babysitter * Bag of bones * Bamba * Bambalacha *

Bhang Bhang (IAST: ''Bhāṅg'') is an edible preparation made from the leaves of the cannabis plant originating from the Indian subcontinent. It has been used in food and drink as early as 1000 BC in ancient India. Bhang is traditionally distribu ...

* Biggory * Black bart * Black gunion * Blaze * Blonde * Blue sage *

Blunt Blunt may refer to: * Blunt (surname), a surname (and list of people with the name) * Blunt (cigar), a term used in the cigar industry to designate blunt-tipped, usually factory-rolled cigars * Blunt (cannabis), a slang term used in cannabis cult ...

* Bo * Bobo bush * Bomb * Boo * Boof * Boi * Boo boo bama * Boom * Broccoli * Bud * Burnie * Butter flower * Butter weed * Cabbage * Canamo * Canappa *

Cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...

* Cannon * Catnip * Cest * Charge * Cheeba * Chira * Chinese * Christmas tree * Chronic * Churus * Citrol * Climb * Cochornis * Coliflor tostao (Spanish) * Collie * Crazy weed * Crying weed * Cryptonite * Culican *

Dagga Dagga () is a word used in certain areas of Southern Africa to describe cannabis. The term, dating to the 1660s, derives from the word ''dacha'' in the Khoekhoe language used to describe the plant as well as various species of Leonotis. The l ...

* Da kine * Dak * Dank * Dawamesk * Devil's lettuce * Dew * Diambista * Dimba * Ding * Dinkie dow * Djamba * Dody * Doña Juanita ("Lady Jane" in Spanish) * Doobie * Dope * Doradilla * Draw * Dyunk * El Gallo (Spanish for "Rooster") * Endo * Esra * Fatty * Feeling * Fine stuff * Fir * Flower * Food * Fu * Gage or gauge *

Ganja Ganja (, ; ) is one of the oldest and most commonly used synonyms for marijuana. Its usage in English dates to before 1689. Etymology ''Ganja'' is borrowed from Hindi/Urdu ( hi, गांजा, links=no, ur, , links=no, IPA: �aːɲd� ...

* Gash * Ghana * G!bb * God's herb * Gold star * Golden * Gonj * Good giggles * Gorge * Grass * Grata * Green * Green goddess * Greta * Griffa * Grifo * Gunga * Gungeon * Ham * Hanhich * Happy cigarette * Hashish * Hay * Herb * Holy weed * Homegrown * Hooch * Houdini * Indian boy * Indian hemp * Instaga * Jan's lettuce * Jane * Jay * Jazz cabbage * Jazz cigarettehttps://dopemagazine.com/reefer-man-jazz-cigarette/#:~:text=Everyone's%20heard%20the%20term%20%E2%80%9Cjazz,its%20actual%20meaning%3A%20a%20joint. * Jive *

Joint A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole.Saladin, Ken. Anatomy & Physiology. 7th ed. McGraw ...

* Jolly green * Joy smoke * Kalakit * Kaya * KGB ("killer green bud") * Kief * Kilter * Kind * Krippy * Kumba * Kush * L pape * Laughing grass * Left-handed cigarette * Lima * Llesca * Loaf * Lobo * Loco weed * Love weed * Loud * Macaroni * Machinery * Maconha * Magic dragon * Magic smoke * Magical brownie * Mary Jane * Maui-wowie * Meg * Mohasky * Mooster * Mota * MJ * Mr Green * Mu * Muggle * Nixon * Pakalolo (Hawaiian for "crazy tobacco") * Pinner * Pot * Pretendo * Rainy day woman * Rasta weed * Reefer * Reverend Green * Righteous bush *

Roach Roach may refer to: Animals * Cockroach, various insect species of the order Blattodea * Common roach (''Rutilus rutilus''), a fresh and brackish water fish of the family Cyprinidae ** ''Rutilus'' or roaches, a genus of fishes * California roach ...

* Root * Rope * Rose marie * Salad * Salt and pepper * Siddi * Sinsemilla * Sin Spinach * Skunk * Smoke * Space cake * Spliff * Stash * Sticky icky * Stink weed * Stogie * Tea * Taima * Takkouri * Tex-mex * Thirteen * Trauma * Trees * Unotque * Wheat * Wisdom weed * Whacky tabacky * Weed * Zambi * ZaZa * Zoot * Zol * Zoo-Wee-Mama

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

Whether all of these terms are slang names is disputed by some scholars, including writers at ''

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''. Slang names for cannabis that were identified by the

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in 2017–2018 and are not corroborated by another source include: * Alfombra * Nate Jahiel * 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 * Loud * 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

Hispanosphere

''Marihuana'' (and derivatives: ''maría'', ''mariana'', ''mari juana'', ''marinola'', ''maripepa'', etc.), ''doña juana, ganja'', ''grifa'', ''yerba'', ''hierba'', ''yerbasanta'', ''césped''/''pasto''/''zacate'', ''orégano'', ''420'', ''joint'', etc. *

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: mota, mostaza, shora, grifa, juanita, cucaracha, mafafa, etc. *

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

: maría, yerba, grifa, ganja

Nigeria

Kaya, wee-wee, igbo, kush, oja, gbana, blau, kpoli and abana.

Sweden

''Flower/fruit'' * Grälle * Gräs * Gröning * Grönt * Marre * Maja * Ört ''Hash'' * Böj * Braj * Brass * Brownie * Brunt * Knatch, knätch * Svart * Zattla * Zütt

Slang names for good-quality cannabis

* BC bud * Black gold * Bud * Buddha * Chiba chiba * Chronic * Citrol * Colas * Dank * Fine stuff * Flower tops *

* Gas * Golden leaf * Good stuff * Hydro * Kief * Killer green bud (KGB) * Kind bud * Loud * Nug * Primo * Righteous bush *

Sinsemilla Cannabis sinsemilla () also known as sensimilla, sinse or sensi (can be translated into English as seedless cannabis) is the female ''Cannabis'' plant that has not been fertilized and therefore does not develop seeds, increasing the density of can ...

* Sup herb bowl * Thai sticks * White-haired lady * Za Za

Slang names for poor-quality cannabis

* Bammies * Bobby * Boof * Brown * Bunk * Cabbage * Dirt grass * Ditch weed * Firewood * Garbage * Green * Harsh * Leaf * Mids * Nixon * Ragweed * Railroad weed * Reggie * Rope * Rough stuff * Scrub * Schwag * Shake * Stems * Swag * Whack

Slang names for a cannabis cigarette

* 2 long * Airplane * Alligator cigarette * Bifter, bifta *

* Bomber * Bone * Camberwell carrot * Cow * Cripple * Dart * Doobie * Earth * Fatty * Gasper * Goof butt * Happy cigarette * Hot stick * J or Jay * Jazz cigarette * Joy stick * L pape * Left-handed cigarette * Log * Magic dragon * Megg * Number * Panatella * Phatty * Pinner * Pocket rocket * Reefer *

* Spliff * Stogie * Tommy Chong * Torpedo * Twist * Weed Bunts * Zoot

Slang names for a package or a specific amount of cannabis

* 1 Key = 1

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of brickweed * 40 Sack * Bag * Bale * Brick * Cube * Dime bag * Dollar * Dub * Eight ball * Eighth * Elbow * Finger * Lid * Matchbox * Nickel bag * OZ * Pack

Slang names for cannabis

Slang names for marijuana

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

Regional slang names

Hispanosphere

Nigeria

Sweden

Slang names for good-quality cannabis

Slang names for poor-quality cannabis

Slang names for a cannabis cigarette

Slang names for a package or a specific amount of cannabis

Slang names for consuming cannabis

Slang names for cannabis' effects

Slang names for a person who consumes cannabis

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