More than slang names have been identified for the dried leaves and flowers harvested from the cannabis plant for drug use. This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested expressions.

Slang names for cannabis (drug)

Slang names for marijuana

Most

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marijuana Cannabis (), commonly known as marijuana (), weed, pot, and ganja, List of slang names for cannabis, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform psychoactive drug from the ''Cannabis'' plant. Native to Central or South Asia, cannabis has ...

and

hashish Hashish (; ), usually abbreviated as hash, is a Compression (physics), compressed form of resin (trichomes) derived from the cannabis flowers. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Lisbon, As a Psychoactive drug, psychoactive ...

date to the jazz era, when it was called ''gauge'', ''jive'', ''reefer''. ''Weed'' is a commonly used slang term for drug

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. New slang names, like ''trees'', came into use early in the twenty-first century. * 2 long * Ace * Airplane * Alfalfa * Alligator cigarette * Amnesia * Asparagus * Astro turf * Aunt Mary * Baby * Bag of bones *

Bhang Bhang (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ''Bhāṅg'') is an Cannabis edible, edible preparation made from the leaves of the Cannabis (drug), cannabis plant originating from the Indian subcontinent. ''Cannabis sativa'' ...

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 ...

* Bobo * Boof * Broccoli * Bud * Cabbage * Cali-weed * Cannon * Catnip * Christmas tree * Chronic * Climb * Collie * Dagga * Da kine * Dak * Dank * Devil's lettuce * Doña Juanita ("Lady Jane" in Spanish) * Doobie * Dope * Endo * Exotic * Fatty * Fir * Fire * Flower *

Ganja ''Ganja'' (, ; ) is one of the oldest and most commonly used synonyms for cannabis flower, specifically marijuana or hashish. Its usage in English dates to before 1689. Etymology ''Ganja'' is borrowed from Hindi (, IPA: �aːɲd͡ʒa� ...

* Gas * Good giggles * Grass * Green * Green goddess * Griffa * Grifo * Hashish * Herb * Holy weed * Houdini * Jazz cigarette *

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- ...

* KGB ("killer green bud") * Kush * L pape * Left-handed cigarette * Loud * Magic Grass * Magic dragon * Magical brownie * Mary Jane * Maui-wowie * Mota * Muggle * Nixon * Pakalolo (Hawaiian for "crazy tobacco") * Pinner * Pot * Polen * Puff * Purple Haze * Rainy day woman * Reefer *

Roach Roach or The 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 * Cal ...

* Rudolf Red Eyes *

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 pollinated and therefore does not develop seeds, increasing the concentratio ...

Skunk Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae. They are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong, unpleasant scent from their anal glands. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or gi ...

* Space cake * Spliff * Square grouper * Stash * Sticky icky * Stogie * Tea * Thirteen * Trees * Wisdom weed * Weed * Zaza (sometimes shortened as "Za")

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

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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 * 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

Francosphere

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Hispanosphere

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Nigeria

* Abana * Blau * Gbana * Igbo * Kaya * Kpoli * Kush * Oja * Wee-wee

Sweden

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Indonesia

=Leaf

= * (Indonesian for "cassava leaf")

Slang names for good-quality cannabis

* Chronic * Dank *

* Gas * Hydro * Koota * Loud * Nug *

Slang names for poor-quality cannabis

* Brickweed * Cabbage * Ditch weed * Nixon * Schwag * Shake

Slang names for a cannabis cigarette

* 2 long * Airplane * Alligator cigarette *Bifter, bifta * Bomber * Bone * Camberwell carrot * Cow * Cripple * Doink * Doobie * Fatty * Jazz cigarette * Joint * L pape * Left-handed cigarette * Magic dragon * Number * Phatty * Pinner * Reefer *

* Spliff * Stogie * Tommy Chong *Yontson * Zol

Slang names for a package or a specific amount of cannabis

* 40 Sack * Dime bag * Dollar * Dub * Eight ball * Eighth * Elbow * Lid * Nickel bag * OZ * Q * QP * Quarter * Stash * Bow * Zip

Slang names for consuming cannabis

420 420 may refer to: Science and technology * 420 (number), in mathematics * 420 Bertholda, a main-belt asteroid * 4:2:0, a chroma subsampling layout Cannabis culture * 420 (cannabis culture), informal reference to cannabis use and celebrations ...

* Burning bush * Getting High * Hot box * Session * Toke * Vape

Slang names for cannabis' effects

* Buzz * Baked * Cottonmouth * Couch-lock * Faded * Fried * High * Lit up * Mashed * Munchies * Nature's holiday * Roasted * Stoned * Toasted * Wasted * Tripping balls

Slang names for a person who consumes cannabis

* Burnout * Connoisseur * Ent * Gardener *

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Booth, Martin (2004), ''Cannabis: A History'', St. Martin's Press, p. 212. * Pothead * Stoner * Tea head * Viper * Beekeeper

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Names for cannabis Cannabis-related lists Lists of slang