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{{Cannabis sidebar|image=Bhang shop in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India on November 15, 2008.jpg|caption=Bhang, a cannabis-infused beverage, advertised in India}} ''Cannabis'' has many different names, including more than 1,200 slang terms, and more than 2,300 names for individual strains.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lookyweed.com/blog/learn-marijuana-slang-terms-and-weed-street-names|title=Learn Marijuana Slang Terms and Weed Street Names|last=Edwards|first=Adam S.|date=February 13, 2017|work=LookyWeed|access-date=August 18, 2018|archive-date=September 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916223435/https://www.lookyweed.com/blog/learn-marijuana-slang-terms-and-weed-street-names|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, there are many names to describe the state of being under the influence of the substance.<ref name="Steinmetz">{{cite magazine|last1=Steinmetz|first1=Katy|title=420 Day: Why There Are So Many Different Names for Weed|url=https://time.com/4747501/420-day-weed-marijuana-pot-slang/|magazine=TIME|date=April 20, 2017|ref=Steinmetz|access-date=April 24, 2017|archive-date=August 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812115237/http://time.com/4747501/420-day-weed-marijuana-pot-slang/|url-status=live}}</ref> This list is not exhaustive; it includes well-attested names.

==Formal names== [[File:Graffiti streetart rastafari.png|thumb|right|''Ganja'', a common English synonym for ''marijuana'' written in graffiti in Spain]] {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" !Name !About |- !al-quinnab / al-quinnam |Forms used in Al-Andalus, including but not limited to: al-quinnab, al-qinnab al-barrī, qinnab al-barrīyya, al-qinnab al-hindī, al-qinnab al-bustānī, qinnab rūmī<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Lozano Cámara |first=Indalecio |date=2001 |title=The therapeutic use of Cannabis sativa (L.) in Arabic medicine |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=c7f06d864b02716130e2494108e693bffc292a42 |journal=Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics–Studies in Endogenous, Herbal and Synthetic Cannabinoids |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=63–70}}</ref> |- !"ang" ''or'' "an" |A Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Semitic root from which the words for cannabis in "all modern languages" derive, per Alphonse de Candolle.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Candolle |first=Alphonse de |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vO8HAAAAIAAJ |title=Origine des plantes cultivées |date=1883 |publisher=G. Baillière et cie |location=Paris |pages=117–118 |language=fr |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325044131/https://books.google.com/books?id=vO8HAAAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !"kan-" |The proto-Kartvelian stem for hemp. It is more recent than the proto-Indo-European stem.<ref name="Ivanishvili" /> |- !"san-" ''and'' "kan-" ''or'' "gan-" |The Proto-Indo-European stem for hemp/''cannabis sativa'', "san-" and "kan-" or "gan-", existed prior to the 5th century (400 CE).<ref name=Ivanishvili>{{cite journal|last=Ivanishvili|first=Marine|journal=Conference on the Languages of the Caucasus|date=7–9 December 2007|url=https://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/conference/07-CaucasusConference/pdf/handout/Ivanishvili_handout_ProtoKartvelian.pdf|title=Proto-Kartvelian and Proto-Indo-European Plant-Names|institution=Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig|access-date=2 January 2022|archive-date=28 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628235229/https://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/conference/07-CaucasusConference/pdf/handout/Ivanishvili_handout_ProtoKartvelian.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Differently, "k(h)an-" indicates singing/making a sound.<ref name=Bomhard/>{{rp|415}} |- !भांग (bhang) |Hindi,<ref name="Torkelson 1996"/> sixteenth century, from Sanskrit "bhaṅgáḥ", "bhaṅgā" (''see below'').<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Bhang|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bhang|website=Collins Dictionary Online|access-date=2022-03-25|archive-date=2021-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430104624/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bhang|url-status=live}}</ref> Also recorded as Persian.<ref name=":0" /> Garcia de Orta recorded the name as "bangue",<ref>{{cite web|title=GARCIA DA ORTA|url=http://reefermadnessmuseum.org/chap02/India/Garcia-Orta.htm|access-date=2020-08-05|website=reefermadnessmuseum.org|archive-date=2020-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029040827/http://reefermadnessmuseum.org/chap02/India/Garcia-Orta.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> as did Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.<ref name=":2">{{cite book|date=1885|pages=[https://archive.org/details/voyagejohnhuygh02tielgoog/page/n136 115]–117|author1=Burnell, Arthur Coke|author2=Tiele, P.A.|name-list-style=amp|url=https://archive.org/details/voyagejohnhuygh02tielgoog|title=The voyage of John Huyghen van Linschoten to the East Indies|series=from the old English translation of 1598: the first book, containing his description of the East|place=London|publisher=The Hakluyt Society}} Full text at Internet Archive. [https://archive.org/stream/voyagejohnhuygh02tielgoog#page/n135/mode/2up Chapter on Bangue].</ref> Used in British English, it can also be spelt "bang", and retains much of the original meaning. In American English it may refer to hemp or a tea made from hemp that is either drunk or smoked.<ref name=":1" />

The Bhangmeter, a type of radiometer, is named as a pun on "Bhang".<ref>{{Cite book| chapter-url = http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/publications/historical/NV291/Prologue3Bhangmeter_Intervals_Output_Summary.pdf|title=An account of the return to Nuclear Weapons testing by the United States after the test moratorium 1958-1961| access-date = 18 December 2008|last=Ogle|first=William E.|date=October 1985|chapter=Bhangmeter&nbsp;— Prologue|publisher=United States Department of Energy&nbsp;— NV 291|page=67| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090119143910/http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/publications/historical/NV291/Prologue3Bhangmeter_Intervals_Output_Summary.pdf| archive-date = 2009-01-19}}</ref>

{{Wiktionary-inline|bhang}}. |- !bhaṅgā |An ancient Sanskrit name originating before the 5th century (400 CE).<ref name="Torkelson 1996"/> |- !bhangi |Swahili.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KtdDAQAAIAAJ|title=Medical Proceedings: Mediese Bydraes|publisher=Juta and Company|year=1958}}</ref>

Note: Bhangi is also a Hindi term for a person who uses bhang.<ref>{{Wiktionary-inline|Bhangi}}</ref> |- !cáñamo |Spanish,<ref name="CivilizedLife">{{Cite web|last=Sherrard, Melissa|date=May 31, 2017|title=Where Did The Word 'Marijuana' Come From?|url=https://www.civilized.life/articles/where-did-the-word-marijuana-come-from/|website=Civilized|access-date=April 11, 2019|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410184842/https://www.civilized.life/articles/where-did-the-word-marijuana-come-from/|url-status=live}}</ref> from Greek "kánnabos" and Andalusi Romance "quinnam".<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |last=Lozano Cámara |first=Indalecio |url= |title=Ciencias de la Naturaleza en al-Andalus: Textos y Estudios vol. IV |date=1996 |publisher=CSIC |editor-last=Álvarez de Morales |editor-first=Camilo |location=Madrid |pages=147–164 |chapter=Cannabis en Al-Andalus: Terminología científica árabe del cáñamo (ss. VII-XVIII) |chapter-url=http://archive.org/details/lozano_camara_1996-terminologia_cannabis_canamo_al-andalus}}</ref> Originally, also poetically used to refer to objects made of hemp.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barcia |first=Roque |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=weI5AAAAMAAJ |title=Diccionario general etimológico de la lengua española |date=1887 |publisher=J. M. Faquineto |page=95 |language=es |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325044135/https://books.google.com/books?id=weI5AAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Wiktionary-inline|cáñamo}}. |- !canapa |Italian;<ref name="Florentine">{{Cite web|last=Farrell, Helen|date=June 8, 2018|title=Cannabusiness in Florence: "Weeding" through the details|url=http://www.theflorentine.net/news/2018/06/cannabusiness-in-florence/|website=The Florentine|access-date=June 19, 2019|archive-date=June 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627180615/http://www.theflorentine.net/news/2018/06/cannabusiness-in-florence/|url-status=live}}</ref> an 1894 Italian botany study of the plant notes the word has the same etymology as the French "chanvre".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Briosi |first=Giovanni |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqgXAAAAYAAJ |title=Atti |date=1894 |publisher=Università di Pavia Istituto botanico |location=Pavia |page=111 |language=it |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325044239/https://books.google.com/books?id=kqgXAAAAYAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Wiktionary-inline|canapa}}. |- !cannabis |{{main|Etymology of cannabis}} Latin.<ref name="Lexicon">{{Cite web|last=Yagoda, Ben|date=March 5, 2014|title=How Weed Became the Hippest Slang Term for Marijuana|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/03/05/the_etymology_of_marijuana_and_the_rise_of_weed_as_the_preferred_slang_term.html|website=Lexicon Valley|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-date=August 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804053511/http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/03/05/the_etymology_of_marijuana_and_the_rise_of_weed_as_the_preferred_slang_term.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

English botanical name.<ref name="WeedBlog">{{cite web|url=https://theweedblog.com/culture/marijuana-slang-terms/|title=List of Marijuana Slang Terms|last=Maurer|first=Travis|date=April 29, 2011|website=The Weed Blog|access-date=August 3, 2017}}</ref> Assigned in the mid-eighteenth century, ''cannabis'' and ''hemp'' describe the entire cannabis plant for all its uses. Dried preparations of the plant are also called ''ganja'', one of the oldest and most commonly used synonyms for ''marijuana''.<ref name="PittNews">{{Cite web|last=Linder, Courtney|date=April 19, 2015|title=Pot patois: A comprehensive etymology of marijuana|url=https://pittnews.com/article/1195/opinions/pot-patois-a-comprehensive-etymology-of-marijuana/|website=The Pitt News|access-date=December 21, 2017|archive-date=September 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906012125/https://pittnews.com/article/1195/opinions/pot-patois-a-comprehensive-etymology-of-marijuana/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RussBelville">{{cite web|url=http://hightimes.com/culture/radical-rant-marijuana-is-not-a-racist-word/|title='Marijuana' Is Not A Racist Word|work=High Times|date=March 14, 2016|author=Belville, Russ|access-date=March 25, 2019|archive-date=October 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008025905/http://hightimes.com/culture/radical-rant-marijuana-is-not-a-racist-word/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WeedBlog" />

{{Wiktionary-inline|cannabis}}. |- !cần sa |Vietnamese.<ref name="Neo">{{Cite web|date=May 25, 2018|title=How to Buy Weed in Ho Chi Minh City|url=https://neothenomad.com/ultimate-marijuana-guide-saigon/|website=Neo the Nomad|access-date=June 18, 2019|archive-date=January 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104023046/https://neothenomad.com/ultimate-marijuana-guide-saigon/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Chamba |Chichewa.<ref name="Abuse2005">{{Cite book|last=World Health Organization. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SXuXnlz3PgC&pg=PA296|title=Mental Health Atlas 2005|publisher=World Health Organization|year=2005|isbn=978-92-4-156296-6|pages=296–}}</ref> |- !Chanvre |French;<ref name="Torkelson 1996"/> Alphonse de Candolle, the first authority on cultivated plants,<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=Li |first=Hui-Lin |date=1974 |title=An Archaeological and Historical Account of Cannabis in China |journal=Economic Botany |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=437–448 |doi=10.1007/BF02862859 |jstor=4253540 |s2cid=19866569 |issn=0013-0001 }}</ref> wrote that like all other modern terms for cannabis, "chanvre" ultimately derives from proto-Indo-European "ang".<ref name=":0" /> {{Wiktionary-inline|chanvre}}. |- !चरस (Charas) |Hindi.<ref name="Torkelson 1996"/> |- !Dagga |Afrikaans<ref>{{Cite web|title=Online Etymology Dictionary|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=dagga|access-date=2017-11-02|archive-date=2011-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819125654/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=dagga|url-status=live}}</ref> and English.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Diamba |Kimbundu.<ref name="AKYEAMPONGHILL2015">{{Cite book|last1=Emmanuel Akyeampong|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUd9CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA39|title=The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa|last2=Allan G Hill|last3=Arthur M Kleinman|date=1 May 2015|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-01304-0|pages=39–}}</ref><ref name="Duvall"/> |- !Esrar |Turkish.<ref name="Preedy">{{Cite book|last=Preedy, Victor R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q5yFCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1057|title=Handbook of Cannabis and Related Pathologies: Biology, Pharmacology, Diagnosis, and Treatment|date=December 31, 2016|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-12800-827-0|page=1057|access-date=June 20, 2019|archive-date=April 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421015920/https://books.google.com/books?id=q5yFCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1057|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !ගංජා (Gaṁjā) |Sinhala.<ref name="Duvall" /> |- !Gandia |Mauritius.<ref name="Cleary2011">{{Cite book|last=Tom Cleary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cWsFAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT137|title=Mauritius - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture|date=1 April 2011|publisher=Kuperard|isbn=978-1-85733-546-0|pages=137–}}</ref> |- !Ganja |Hindi<ref name="Torkelson 1996"/><ref name="PittNews" /><ref name="MerriamWebster">{{Cite news|title=10 Words From Hindi & Urdu|work=Merriam-Webster|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/10-english-words-from-hindi-and-urdu/ganja |url-status=live |access-date=2019-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415002454/https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/10-english-words-from-hindi-and-urdu/ganja |archive-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> or Bengali.<ref name=":0" /> |- !గంజాయి (Gan̄jāyi) |Telugu.<ref name="Duvall" /> |- !Gañjikā |An ancient Sanskrit name originating before the 5th century (400 CE).<ref name="Torkelson 1996"/> |- !Grifa |Mexican Spanish.<ref name="Kranzler">{{Cite book|last1=Kranzler, Henry R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rspaDwAAQBAJ&pg=RA3-PA30|title=Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Additive Behaviour|last2=Korsmeyer, Pamela|date=2009|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-02866-064-6|page=30}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- !Hanf |German.<ref name="Torkelson 1996"/> |- !Hamp |Danish.<ref name="Wolfe">{{Cite book|last=Wolfe, David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N1DTZ18N-_YC|title=Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future|date=2009|publisher=North Atlantic Books|isbn=978-1-55643-776-2|access-date=2019-06-19|archive-date=2023-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421020921/https://books.google.com/books?id=N1DTZ18N-_YC|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Hampa |Swedish.<ref name="Wolfe" /> |- !Hamppu |Finnish.<ref name="CannabisChemistry">{{Cite book|last1=Thomas, Brian F.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hs5PCgAAQBAJ|title=The Analytical Chemistry of Cannabis: Quality Assessment, Assurance, and Regulation of Medicinal Marijuana and Cannabinoid Preparations|last2=ElSohly, Mahmoud|date=December 1, 2015|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-12804-670-8|page=4|access-date=June 20, 2019|archive-date=April 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421020937/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hs5PCgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Hashish |Arabic.<ref name="DrugsCom" /> Also "assis", per Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.<ref name=":2" /> Alphonse de Candolle described hashish as an "environmental material"; he included the Egyptians of the 18th century primarily cultivating cannabis for hashish in his list of places where the plant (which he primarily saw as a textile producer) was not popular.<ref name=":0" /> |- !Hemp |English, name for cannabis plant.<ref name="Torkelson 1996"/><ref name="PittNews" /> |- !Hennep |Dutch.<ref name="Rosenthal">{{Cite book|last=Rosenthal, Ed|url=https://archive.org/details/bigbookofbudsmar00rose|title=The Big Book of Buds: Marijuana Varieties from the World's Great Seed Breeders|date=2001|publisher=Ed Rosenthal|isbn=978-0-93255-139-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/bigbookofbudsmar00rose/page/41 41] |url-access=registration}}</ref> |- !Hursīnī |An ancient Sanskrit name originating before the 5th century (400 CE).<ref name="Torkelson 1996"/> |- !Injaga |Rwanda.<ref name="Rätsch2001">{{Cite book|last=Christian Rätsch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_dKbMFRSzUC&pg=PA128|title=Marijuana Medicine: A World Tour of the Healing and Visionary Powers of Cannabis|date=March 2001|publisher=Inner Traditions / Bear & Co|isbn=978-0-89281-933-1|pages=128–}}</ref> |- !Kanas |Celtic.<ref name=":0" /> |- !കഞ്ചാവ് (Kañcāv) |Malayalam;<ref name="Duvall">{{cite book|last=Duvall, Chris S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QRSXDwAAQBAJ|title=The African Roots of Marijuana|date=May 9, 2019|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-1-47800-453-0}}</ref> from the Dravidian root "kan" (eye), which can also refer to nipples, star on a peacock's tail, and buds.<ref name=Bomhard>{{cite book|last1=Bomhard|first1=Allan R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xAeYVDBqY0QC|title=The Nostratic Macrofamily: A Study in Distant Linguistic Relationship|last2=Kerns|first2=John C.|date=2011-05-12|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-087564-5|access-date=2022-03-25|archive-date=2022-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325024750/https://books.google.com/books?id=xAeYVDBqY0QC|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|450}} |- !Kaņepes |Latvian.<ref name="Antonijs">{{Cite journal|last=Antonijs A.|date=1997|title=Audzesim Latvijas vietejas kanepes|url=http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=LV19970114817|journal=Latvijas-Lauksaimnieks|issue=4|pages=11–12|access-date=2019-06-21|archive-date=2019-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621003508/http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do%3FrecordID%3DLV19970114817|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !កញ្ឆា (Kanhchhea) |Khmer.<ref name="Duvall" /> |- !Kan-jac |Panamanian Spanish.<ref name="Robinson19962">{{Cite book|last=Rowan Robinson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0qvkVGO0sgC&pg=PA58|title=The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant|publisher=Inner Traditions / Bear & Co|year=1996|isbn=978-0-89281-541-8|pages=58–}}</ref> |- !Kάνναβις (Kánnabis) |An ancient Greek name originating before the 5th century (400 CE).<ref name="Booth">{{Cite book|last=Booth, Martin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecITBwAAQBAJ|title=Cannabis: A History, p. 2|date=June 16, 2015|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|isbn=978-1-25008-219-0|chapter=The Fragrant Cane|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=April 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421020922/https://books.google.com/books?id=ecITBwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !กัญชา (Kạỵchā) |Thai.<ref name="ThaiMedicineJournal">{{Cite journal |date=May–August 2016 |script-journal=th:วารสารการแพทย์แผนไทยและเพื่อนทางเลือก |trans-journal=Journal of Thai Traditional & Alternative medicine |volume=14 |issue=2 |url=https://www.oncb.go.th/ncsmi/cannabis2/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%20%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%2014%20%E0%B8%89%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%202.pdf |title="สมเด็จพระพันปีหลวง" สวรรคต &#124; สำนักงาน ป.ป.ส. กระทรวงยุติธรรม |access-date=2019-06-18 |archive-date=2020-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102211012/https://www.oncb.go.th/ncsmi/cannabis2/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%20%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%2014%20%E0%B8%89%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%202.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !Kenevir |Turkish.<ref name="Xinhua">{{Cite web|date=March 16, 2019|title=Spotlight: Turkey turns to industrial use of hemp to improve ailing economy|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-03/16/c_137898849.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618004800/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-03/16/c_137898849.htm|archive-date=June 18, 2019|website=Xinhua News Agency}}</ref> |- !قنب (Kinnab ''or'' Quinnab) |An ancient Arabic name originating before the 5th century (400 CE).<ref name="Torkelson 1996"/> May also have been spelt "Cannab".<ref name=":0" /> |- !Konopí |Czech.<ref name="WSJ">{{cite web|author=Carney, Sean|date=January 30, 2013|title=Czech Parliament Backs Medical Marijuana, With a Catch|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2013/01/30/czech-parliament-backs-medical-marijuana-with-a-catch/|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=June 21, 2019|archive-date=June 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621031326/https://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2013/01/30/czech-parliament-backs-medical-marijuana-with-a-catch/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Konopie |Polish.<ref name="SensiSeeds">{{cite web|author=Seshata|date=August 22, 2016|title=Legal status of cannabis in Poland – An overview|url=https://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/legal-status-cannabis-poland-overview/|work=Sensi Seeds|access-date=June 19, 2019|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103195613/https://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/legal-status-cannabis-poland-overview/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Конопля (Konoplya) |Russian;<ref name="Casselman">{{Cite book|last=Casselman, Bill|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UMPrDQAAQBAJ|title=Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik: A Word Lover's Guide to the Weirdest, Wackiest, and Wonkiest Lexical Gems|date=September 18, 2010|publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=978-1-44051-004-5|access-date=June 21, 2019|archive-date=April 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421020955/https://books.google.com/books?id=UMPrDQAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> derives from proto-Indo-European or proto-Kartvelian.<ref name=Ivanishvili/> |- !Kunnabu |An ancient Akkadian name originating before the 5th century (400 CE).<ref name="Dictionary2">{{cite web|title=qunnabu|url=http://www.assyrianlanguages.org/akkadian/dosearch.php?searchkey=8050&language=id|website=assyrianlanguages.org|access-date=2020-07-24|archive-date=2020-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724035716/http://www.assyrianlanguages.org/akkadian/dosearch.php?searchkey=8050&language=id|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !麻 (Má) |''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.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hanson|first1=Glen R.|title=Drugs and Society, p. 408|last2=Venturelli|first2=Peter J.|last3=Fleckenstein|first3=Annette E.|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers|year=2014|isbn=978-1-284-05478-1|chapter=Marijuana|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ck0JAwAAQBAJ|access-date=2019-04-27|archive-date=2023-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421020941/https://books.google.com/books?id=Ck0JAwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PsychToday">{{Citation|author=Jann Gumbiner Ph.D.|title=History of Cannabis in Ancient China|date=May 10, 2011|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-teenage-mind/201105/history-cannabis-in-ancient-china|work=Psychology Today|access-date=January 4, 2018|archive-date=April 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420204255/https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-teenage-mind/201105/history-cannabis-in-ancient-china|url-status=live}}</ref> Hemp is recorded in the ''Book of Documents''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> |- !Ma-kaña |Bantu.<ref name="RussBelville2">{{cite web|author=Belville, Russ|date=March 14, 2016|title='Marijuana' Is Not A Racist Word|url=http://hightimes.com/culture/radical-rant-marijuana-is-not-a-racist-word/|work=High Times|access-date=March 25, 2019|archive-date=October 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008025905/http://hightimes.com/culture/radical-rant-marijuana-is-not-a-racist-word/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Maconha |Portuguese.<ref name="Nahas2017">{{Cite book|last=Gabriel G. Nahas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8JguDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT322|title=Revival: Cannabis Physiopathology Epidemiology Detection (1992)|date=28 July 2017|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-351-36781-3|pages=322–|access-date=6 January 2018|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421020922/https://books.google.com/books?id=8JguDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT322|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Marijuana |Americanized Mexican Spanish.<ref name="Steinmetz" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Matt |title=The Mysterious History Of 'Marijuana' |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/07/14/201981025/the-mysterious-history-of-marijuana |website=NPR |date=22 July 2013 |publisher=National Public Radio |access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref> The term has a complex etymology, derived from western Central African slaves<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duvall |first=Chris S. |date=30 June 2015 |title=Decriminalization doesn't address marijuana's standing as a drug of the poor |url=http://theconversation.com/decriminalization-doesnt-address-marijuanas-standing-as-a-drug-of-the-poor-42345 |access-date=2021-10-16 |website=The Conversation |language=en}}</ref> (notably, the Kimbundu word ''riamba''/''mariamba'') transformed through Caribbean and South American influences info mariguana, later ''marihuana'' and ''marijuana''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Duvall |first=Chris S. |title=The African roots of marijuana |date=2019 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-1-4780-0453-0 |location=Durham |pages=137–140}}</ref> |- !Mbanje |Shona.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ncube|first=Leonard|date=9 July 2017|title=Zim to legalise mbanje . . . Govt considers drug use for medical purposes|url=https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/zim-to-legalise-mbanje-govt-considers-drug-use-for-medical-purposes/|access-date=8 February 2019|website=The Sunday News|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426152803/https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/zim-to-legalise-mbanje-govt-considers-drug-use-for-medical-purposes/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Pakalolo |Hawaiian.<ref name="HitchKamins1992">{{Cite book|last1=Thomas Kemper Hitch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jhWW0SwDyv0C&pg=PA225|title=Islands in Transition: The Past, Present, and Future of Haiwaii's Economy|last2=Robert M. Kamins|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=1992|isbn=978-0-8248-1498-4|pages=225–}}</ref> |- !Pango |Portuguese.<ref name="Duvall" /> |- !Potiguaya |Spanish.<ref name="PittNews" /> |- !삼 (Sam-gwa) |Korean.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZNlCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA386|title=한반도 자생식물 영어이름 목록집: English Names For Korean Native Plants|publisher=Korea National Arboretum|year=2015|isbn=978-89-97450-98-5|page=386|access-date=2018-01-29|archive-date=2023-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421020922/https://books.google.com/books?id=GZNlCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA386|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Šedenegi / šahdānaŷ |From Persian origins, meaning approximately "the King of Grains" / "the Sultan of all seeds"; used to refer to seeded tops of cannabis and hemp plants in the Mediterranean region and particularly Al-Andalus.<ref name=":5" /> Also found as šahrānaŷ, šahdanaq, šādānaq, sedeneghi, shedenegi.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Riboulet-Zemouli |first=Kenzi |date=2023 |title=Cannabis Nomina: Database of names for Cannabis sativa L. |url=https://cannabistradition.eu/names/ |website=cannabistradition.eu (EUTC research project) |publication-place=Barcelona}}</ref> |- !Siddhi |Bengali.<ref name="Torkelson 1996"/> |- !ירוק (Yarok) ירק (Yerek) |Yerok is literal translation for the color green and Yerek is literal translation for the word vegetables in Hebrew.<ref>{{Cite web |title=מילון מושגי הקנאביס השלם – מא' ועד ת' |url=https://www.xn--4dbcyzi5a.com/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%92%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A1-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%90-%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%93-%D7%AA/ |website=קנאביס}}</ref> |}

== Strains, cultivation and preparation == {{anchor|Names for cannabis strains}} {{See also|Cannabis cultivation|Cannabis industry}} [[File:Cannabis dispensary strains.jpg|thumb|right|Three strain varieties at a recreational dispensary in Denver, Colorado]] Commercial cannabis growers and retailers have given individual strains more than 2,300 names.<ref name="LaTimes" /> A 2022 study in PLOS One, drawing data from almost 90,000 samples from six US states, representing the largest quantitative chemical mapping of commercial dispensary-grade cannabis flower samples to date, found that "commercial labels do not consistently align with the observed chemical diversity." In other words, many strain names do not necessarily reflect the actual cannabinoid content or its perceived effects.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0267498 | doi-access=free | title=The phytochemical diversity of commercial Cannabis in the United States | year=2022 | last1=Smith | first1=Christiana J. | last2=Vergara | first2=Daniela | last3=Keegan | first3=Brian | last4=Jikomes | first4=Nick | journal=PLOS ONE | volume=17 | issue=5 | article-number=e0267498 | pmid=35588111 | pmc=9119530 | bibcode=2022PLoSO..1767498S }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" !Name !About |- !AK-47 |Industry trade name for ''sativa''-dominant hybrid strain. It may be named after an AK-47 assault rifle due to its gunpowder smell and potency,<ref>{{cite web|date=2019-01-08|title=AK-47 Cannabis Strain Review|url=https://wayofleaf.com/cannabis/strains/ak-47-marijuana-strain-review|access-date=2022-03-25|website=Way of Leaf|archive-date=2021-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103151221/https://wayofleaf.com/cannabis/strains/ak-47-marijuana-strain-review|url-status=live}}</ref> or because the letters "AK" are the initials of the breeder and 47 is the number of days from planting to harvest.<ref name="Dolce2016">{{cite book |last=Dolce |first=Joe |title=Brave New Weed |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2016 |page=49}}</ref> |- !Acapulco Gold |Traditional heirloom strain of cannabis<ref name="HighTimes">{{cite web|last=Escondido, Nico|date=October 9, 2014|title=25 Greatest Strains of All Time|url=http://hightimes.com/grow/25-greatest-strains-of-all-time/|website=High Times|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029173137/https://hightimes.com/grow/25-greatest-strains-of-all-time/|url-status=live}}</ref> named for its location of origin (Acapulco) and typical color.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.greenrush.com/acapulco-gold-in-them-hills/|title=Mexico's Cannabis Treasure: Acapulco Gold|work=GreenRush Blog |date=October 20, 2015|publisher=GreenRush Times|access-date=2016-11-13|archive-date=2016-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114232356/http://blog.greenrush.com/acapulco-gold-in-them-hills/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Afghani |Traditional heirloom strain of cannabis.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !African |Traditional heirloom strain of cannabis.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Amnesia |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /> |- !Amnesia Haze |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /><ref name="LaTimes">{{Cite web|last=Schleuss, Jon|date=2017|title=Medical marijuana name game|url=http://graphics.latimes.com/marijuana-strains/|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-08-04|archive-date=2018-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105191038/http://graphics.latimes.com/marijuana-strains/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !BC Big Bud/BC Roadkill/BC Hydro |Industry trade name for cannabis strain. Initially cultivated in British Columbia, first called ''Red Hair Sensi'', a hybridization of Panama Red/Acapulco Gold strains brought from Colorado by Vietnam War draft dodgers or BC Roadkill Skunk and Indica Deep Chunk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollitup.org/t/the-history-of-weed-growing-in-canada-especially-bc-in-the-80s-and-90s.893783/|title=The history of weed growing in Canada (especially BC) in the 80s and 90s?|work=www.rollitup.org/|date=Dec 23, 2015|access-date=June 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://budderweeds.com/strains/ounce-special-bc-hydro/|title=Strains - BC Hydro|work=budderweeds.com/|access-date=June 30, 2024}}</ref> |- !BC OG Kush |Industry trade name for cannabis strain. Initially cultivated in British Columbia, at the BC Bud farm, a hybridization of BC Grapefruit Kush and Afghani strains.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allbud.com/marijuana-strains/indica/bc-kush|title=BC Kush Marijuana Strain|access-date=July 5, 2024}}</ref> |- !Bhang |Hindi (''see above''). Traditionally refers to the leaves of hemp plants, or to a traditional Indian cannabis leaves tea preparation.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> Bhang is culturally significant in India, and is not technically banned, as the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, specifically does not outlaw using seeds and leaves of the cannabis plant, of which the common tea drink is made. Bhang (referring to cannabis in general) can also be acquired medically.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Bhang or Marijuana is Legal in Ayurvedic Prescription |url=https://ijcp.in/Admin/CMS/PDF/18.%20RTI_2_IJCP_Nov2019.pdf |journal=Indian Journal of Clinical Practice |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=2021-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029080350/https://ijcp.in/Admin/CMS/PDF/18.%20RTI_2_IJCP_Nov2019.pdf }}</ref><ref name="IndiaNarcoticsAct">Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985</ref> The narcotics act does not list bhang/cannabis, instead documenting both charas and ganja (as cannabis plant products) separately;<ref name="IndiaNarcoticsAct" /> in the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, cannabis leaves are not included in the definition of cannabis for Indian legal purposes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Boister |first1=Neil |last2=Jelsma |first2=Martin |date=2018 |title=Inter se modification of the UN drug control conventions: An exploration of its applicability to legitimise the legal regulation of cannabis markets |url=https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/101255 |journal=International Community Law Review |language=English |volume=20 |page=472 |doi=10.1163/18719732-12341385 |issn=1388-9036 |hdl=10092/101255 |s2cid=150161293 |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=2021-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425040408/https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/101255 |url-status=live |hdl-access=free }}</ref> |- !Blueberry |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /><ref name="LaTimes" /> |- !Blueberry Diesel |Industry trade name for ''indica''-dominant hybrid strain, a mix of Blueberry and Sour Diesel strains, its name is also a combination of theirs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allbud.com/marijuana-strains/hybrid/blueberry-diesel|title=Blueberry Diesel {{!}} Marijuana Strain Reviews|website=AllBud|access-date=2016-09-08|archive-date=2016-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923102543/https://www.allbud.com/marijuana-strains/hybrid/blueberry-diesel|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Blue Dream |Industry trade name for ''sativa''-dominant hybrid strain.<ref name="LaTimes" /> |- !Blue Goo |Industry trade name for ''sativa''-dominant hybrid strain, a mix of Blue Dream and Agoo, a combination of which gives it its name.<ref name="LaTimes"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leafly.com/Hybrid/blue-goo|title=Blue Goo Cannabis Strain Information|website=Leafly|access-date=2022-03-29|archive-date=2019-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815191359/https://www.leafly.com/hybrid/blue-goo|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Bruce Banner |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="CannabisChronicles">{{cite web|last=Guy, Nice|date=May 24, 2017|title=Oregon Liquor Control Commission Deems Strain Names Unsuitable For Children|url=http://cannabis-chronicles.com/2016/10/olcc-deems-strain-names-unsuitable-for-children/?age-verified=2765dd5042|website=Cannabis Chronicles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806020633/http://cannabis-chronicles.com/2016/10/olcc-deems-strain-names-unsuitable-for-children/?age-verified=2765dd5042|archive-date=August 6, 2017}}</ref> |- !Bubba Kush |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /> |- !Bubblegum |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /> |- !Bud |English. Part of a cannabis plant.<ref name="WeedBlog" /><ref name="CheechAndChong">{{cite book|title=Cheech & Chong's Almost Legal Book for Stoners|last1=Marin|first1=Cheech|last2=Chong|first2=Tommy|publisher=Running Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0-7624-4987-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kf4fAQAAQBAJ&q=stoner+slang&pg=PA165|ref=CheechAndChong|access-date=2020-10-18|archive-date=2023-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420204250/https://books.google.com/books?id=kf4fAQAAQBAJ&q=stoner+slang&pg=PA165|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Budder |English, from ''bud'' and ''butter''. Industry trade name for cannabis extract.<ref name="Cannabist">{{Cite web|date=June 18, 2015|title=Why marijuana concentrates are cause for confusion|url=http://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/18/marijuana-concentrates-misconceptions-stigmas/36361/|website=The Cannabist|access-date=August 9, 2017|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423151515/http://www.thecannabist.co/2015/06/18/marijuana-concentrates-misconceptions-stigmas/36361/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Cambodian red |Traditional heirloom strain of cannabis.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Cannabinoid |A class of active compounds identified in cannabis.<ref name="NaturalProductsJournal" /> |- !Cannabis |''See above'' |- !Cannabis edible |English. Food product with cannabis content.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} |- !''Cannabis indica'' | rowspan="3" |Latin. Putative plant varieties or sub-varieties of cannabis.''<ref name="HarvardJournal">{{Cite journal|last=Loran C. Anderson|year=1980|title=Leaf variation among ''Cannabis'' species from a controlled garden|url=https://archive.org/details/cbarchive_107150_leafvariationamongcannabisspec9999|journal=Harvard University Botanical Museum Leaflets|volume=28|issue=1|pages=61–69|doi=10.5962/p.168641|s2cid=90557456}}</ref>'' |- !''Cannabis ruderalis'' |- !''Cannabis sativa'' |- !Cannabis tea |English. Tea infused with cannabis.<ref name="DEA Factsheet">{{cite web|date=2015|title=Drugs of Abuse: Marijuana/Cannabis factsheet|url=https://www.dea.gov/documents/2017/06/15/drugs-abuse|website=Drug Enforcement Administration|access-date=2019-01-16|archive-date=2019-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110015410/https://www.dea.gov/documents/2017/06/15/drugs-abuse|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Charas |Hindi. Traditional resin made from live cannabis plant.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Charlotte's Web |Industry trade name for ''cannabis sativa'' strain.<ref name="CannabisChronicles" /> |- !Cola |English. Part of a cannabis plant.<ref name="WeedBlog" /><ref name="CheechAndChong" /> |- !Colombian |Traditional heirloom strain of cannabis.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Concentrate |English. Industry trade name for cannabis extract.<ref name="Cannabist" /> |- !Critical Mass |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /> |- !Durban Poison |Traditional heirloom strain of cannabis.<ref name="HighTimes" /> |- !Extract |English. Wax product.<ref name="Leafly2">{{Cite web|last=Rahn, Bailey|date=May 5, 2015|title=What Are Cannabis Oil, Shatter, and Wax Extracts?|url=https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/what-is-cannabis-oil-shatter-and-wax|website=Leafly|access-date=January 15, 2018|archive-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114202448/https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/what-is-cannabis-oil-shatter-and-wax|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Feral cannabis ''or'' feral hemp |Wild cannabis strain.<ref name="NORML">{{cite web|date=2004-09-02|title=99 Percent of All Marijuana Plants Eradicated In US Is Feral Hemp, Federal Data Reveals|url=http://norml.org/news/2004/09/02/99-percent-of-all-marijuana-plants-eradicated-in-us-is-feral-hemp-federal-data-reveals|access-date=2015-08-19|publisher=NORML|archive-date=2015-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031181204/http://norml.org/news/2004/09/02/99-percent-of-all-marijuana-plants-eradicated-in-us-is-feral-hemp-federal-data-reveals|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Flower |English. Part of a cannabis plant.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Girl Scout Cookies |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /><ref name="CannabisChronicles" /> |- !Gorilla Glue |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="LaTimes" /> |- !Grape Ape |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="CannabisChronicles" /> |- !Hashish |Arabic. Traditional resin made from dead cannabis plant.<ref name="DrugsCom">{{Cite web|title=Hashish|url=https://www.drugs.com/illicit/hashish.html|access-date=13 November 2016|website=drugs.com|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426175608/https://www.drugs.com/illicit/hashish.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Hash oil |Arabic, English. Oil extract of hashish.<ref name="DrugsCom" /> |- !Hawaiian |Traditional heirloom strain of cannabis.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Haze |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /> |- !Hemp |English. Plant from which cannabis is derived.''<ref name="Lexicon" />'' |- !Hindu Kush |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /> |- !Island Pink Kush |Industry trade name for cannabis strain. A hybridization strain cultivated in British Columbia of Island Pink with BC OG Kush<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allbud.com/marijuana-strains/indica-dominant-hybrid/island-pink-kush|title= Island Pink Kush Marijuana Strain|work=www.allbud.com/|access-date=June 30, 2024}}</ref> |- !Jack Herer |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /><ref name="LaTimes" /> |- !Jamaican gold |Traditional heirloom strain of cannabis.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Kief |Moroccan Arabic. Loose cannabis trichomes.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Leaf |English. Part of a cannabis plant.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Live resin |English. Industry trade name for cannabis extract.<ref name="Leafly">{{Cite web|last=Bennett, Patrick|title=What Are Live Resin Cannabis Concentrates?|url=https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/what-is-live-resin-cannabis-concentrate|access-date=6 August 2017|website=Leafly|archive-date=29 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229010945/https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/what-is-live-resin-cannabis-concentrate|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Matanuska Thunderfuck (MTF){{Broken anchor|date=2024-07-31|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Cannabis strain#Matanuska Thunderfuck|reason= The anchor (Matanuska Thunderfuck) has been deleted.}} |Industry trade name for ''sativa''-dominant cannabis strain.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sachs-Benedict |first=Blair |title=North To Alaska {{!}} High Times {{!}} Aug/Sept 1975 |url=https://archive.hightimes.com/article/1975/8/1/north-to-alaska |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=High Times {{!}} The Complete Archive |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112190602/https://archive.hightimes.com/article/1975/8/1/north-to-alaska |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !Maui Waui |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="LaTimes" /> |- !Mexican red |Traditional heirloom strain of cannabis.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Northern Lights |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /><ref name="LaTimes" /> |- !OG Kush |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /> |- !Orange Bud |Skunk |- !Panama red |Traditional heirloom strain of cannabis.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Paonia Purple |Industry trade name for ''cannabis indica'' strain.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jessica Hines |date=February 2014 |url=http://westernslopenews.com/history/2014/5-1/pg7/pg7index.html |title=Cherished Genetics Re-emerge |work=The Sunshine Express |number=5–1 |access-date=2021-04-21 |archive-date=2020-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030230851/http://westernslopenews.com/history/2014/5-1/pg7/pg7index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Marcello Cabus |date=March 29, 2019 |title=Seed Stories: How Purple Paonia Paralyzer Took Root in Colorado |website=Cannabis Culture |url=https://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2019/03/29/seed-stories-how-purple-paonia-paralyzer-took-root-in-colorado/ |access-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422033301/https://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2019/03/29/seed-stories-how-purple-paonia-paralyzer-took-root-in-colorado/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !Pineapple Express |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} |- !Platinum OG |Industry trade name for ''cannabis indica'' strain.<ref name="LaTimes" /> |- !Purple Kush/Haze |Industry trade name for cannabis strain. A hybridization cultivated in Oakland, California from Hindu Kush and Purple Afghani.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leafly.ca/strains/purple-kush|title=Purple Kush|work=www.leafly.ca/|access-date=June 30, 2024}}</ref><ref name="HighTimes" /><ref name="LaTimes" /> |- !Resin |English. Part of a cannabis flower.<ref name="CheechAndChong" /> |- !Root |English. Part of a cannabis plant.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Seed |English. Part of a cannabis plant.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Shatter |English. Industry trade name for cannabis extract.<ref name="DEA Factsheet" /> |- !Sinsemilla/sin-semilla |Spanish, lit. "without seeds". Marijuana grown in the absence of male cannabis plants so that the pistils of the females will not be pollinated and thus do not form seeds, resulting in greater potency of the product. |- !Skunk |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /> |- !Sour Diesel |Industry trade name for ''cannabis sativa'' strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /><ref name="LaTimes" /> |- !Stem |English. Part of a cannabis plant.<ref name="WeedBlog" /> |- !Strawberry Cough |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /> |- !Super Lemon Haze |Industry trade name for ''cannabis sativa'' strain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Super Lemon Haze|url=https://www.leafly.com/strains/super-lemon-haze|access-date=2021-04-21|archive-date=2021-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515220740/https://www.leafly.com/strains/super-lemon-haze|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Tangerine Dream |Industry trade name for cannabis strain. A hybridization of G13, Afghani, and Neville's A5 Haze.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leafly.ca/strains/tangerine-dream|title=Tangerine Dream|work=www.leafly.ca/|access-date=June 30, 2024}}</ref> |- !Terpene |English. Part of a cannabis flower.<ref name="NaturalProductsJournal" /><ref name="CannaInsider">{{cite web|title=What are Terpenes? A Cannabis Enthusiast's Guide to Understanding Terpenes|url=https://www.cannainsider.com/reviews/cannabis-terpenes/|access-date=December 3, 2017|work=CannaInsider|archive-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204072221/https://www.cannainsider.com/reviews/cannabis-terpenes/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- id="Thai stick" !Thai stick |{{redirect|Thai stick|the book|Thai Stick}} Traditional heirloom strain of cannabis,<ref name="WeedBlog" /><ref name="HighTimes" /> and method of preparation.<ref name=":4" /> The strain is a high quality bud originating in northeast Thailand, where it was grown by hill tribes since antiquity. The name comes from a traditional Thai method of preparing cannabis to be smoked, which involved wrapping cannabis bud around a stick.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2017-07-18 |title=The History of the Thai Stick |url=https://hightimes.com/grow/the-history-of-the-thai-stick/ |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=High Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513001520/https://hightimes.com/grow/the-history-of-the-thai-stick/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The stick was either bamboo or a hemp stalk; the bud may have been treated with hash oil before wrapping and would have been wrapped around the stick with fan leaves and/or silk string. The stick was then cured underground, and may be dipped in opium before smoking.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last1=Nickus |first1=Lesley |date=2020-08-19 |title=What is a Thai stick? |url=https://weedmaps.com/learn/cannabis-and-its-evolution/thai-stick |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Weedmaps |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220917203323/https://weedmaps.com/learn/cannabis-and-its-evolution/thai-stick |url-status=live }}</ref> The Thai stick cigars used Thai bud ''Cannabis sativa'', which also became known as Thai stick. When the original Thai sticks were popular, dealers would sell any buds bound in string or to a stick under the name. Most of the original bud was destroyed in the 1970s when the Thai government began its war on drugs. Making Thai stick-style cannacigars out of other strains continued around the world,<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /> though the Thai government legalized medical cannabis again in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 December 2018 |title=Thailand approves medicinal cannabis |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46679098 |access-date=14 January 2020 |archive-date=31 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331120616/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46679098 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !Tincture |English. Alcohol cannabis product.<ref>{{Citation|author1=David McDonald|title=Legislative options for cannabis use in Australia|year=1994|chapter=Cannabis in context: history, laws and international treaties|chapter-url=http://www.japanhemp.org/au1/can_ch3.htm|author2=Rhonda Moore|author3=Jennifer Norberry|author4=Grant Wardlaw|author5=Nicola Ballenden|access-date=2017-08-06|archive-date=2016-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410115242/http://www.japanhemp.org/au1/can_ch3.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !Tochigishiro |Industry trade name for non-narcotic ''cannabis sativa'' strain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism analyses of Cannabis sativa |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224981181}}</ref> It originates in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, with the modern variety produced in Tochigi-shi.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 8, 2018 |title=Reefer gladness: A brief history of hemp in Japan |newspaper=Stars and Stripes |url=https://okinawa.stripes.com/community-news/reefer-gladness-brief-history-hemp-japan |access-date=March 29, 2022 |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627215859/https://okinawa.stripes.com/community-news/reefer-gladness-brief-history-hemp-japan |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Takashima |first=D. |year=1982 |title=A new hemp variety 'Tochigishiro' |url=https://www.agrinet.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/nousi/kenpou/kp_028/kp_028_06.pdf |journal=Bulletin of the Tochigi Agricultural Experiment Station (Japan) |volume=28 |pages=47–54 |access-date=2022-03-29 |archive-date=2022-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507130927/https://www.agrinet.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/nousi/kenpou/kp_028/kp_028_06.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |script-title=ja:ご注意ください! 大麻栽培でまちおこし? – 大麻の正しい知識で正しい判断 |trans-title=Please be careful! Revitalization of a town by cultivation of cannabis?! The right knowledge of cannabis makes the right decision |type=pamphlet |chapter=The current status of cannabis cultivation |publisher=Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |place=Japan |year=c. 2016 |pages=10–11 |access-date=May 2, 2020 |url=https://www.mhlw.go.jp/bunya/iyakuhin/yakubuturanyou/taima01/dl/pamphlet.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130120826/https://www.mhlw.go.jp/bunya/iyakuhin/yakubuturanyou/taima01/dl/pamphlet.pdf |archive-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> |- !Trichome |English. Part of a cannabis flower.<ref name="CheechAndChong" /> |- !Wax |English. Industry trade name for cannabis extract.<ref name="DEA Factsheet" /> |- !White Russian |Hybrid cannabis strain. It is a mix of AK-47 and White Widow, of which its name is also a combination (AK-47 is Russian) and a pun on the alcoholic drink White Russian.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Identification and Characterization of Special Types of Herbal Cannabis|url=https://scientificbulletin.upb.ro/rev_docs_arhiva/full354_493232.pdf|issn=1454-2331|institution=Politehnica University of Bucharest|journal=Scientific Bulletin Series B, Chemistry and Materials Science|volume=74|issue=1|year=2012|last1=Trofin|first1=Irenne Gabriela|last2=Vlad|first2=Corina Claudia|last3=Noja|first3=Victor Viorel|last4=Dabija|first4=Gabriel|access-date=2022-03-25|archive-date=2021-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120190224/https://www.scientificbulletin.upb.ro/rev_docs_arhiva/full354_493232.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !White Widow |Industry trade name for hybrid cannabis strain.<ref name="HighTimes" /><ref name="LaTimes" /> |- !Willie Nelson |Industry trade name for cannabis strain.<ref name="LaTimes" /> |- !Zaza |Slang term for cannabis, popularized via hip-hop music and internet culture.<ref>{{Citation |title=Travvgod (Ft. Flexo Kobain) – I'm Smoking Zaza |url=https://genius.com/Travvgod-im-smoking-zaza-lyrics |access-date=2022-10-03 |archive-date=2022-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003185010/https://genius.com/Travvgod-im-smoking-zaza-lyrics |url-status=live }}</ref> |}

== Medical cannabis: chemical compounds and pharmaceutical drugs == {{see also|Medical cannabis#Brand names}} thumb|Advertisement for "Cannabis Americana" medical cannabis {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" !Name !About |- !Cannabinoid |The general class of the therapeutic compounds found in cannabis. |- !Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) |There are 9 isomers of tetrahydrocannabinol. Among these, the main psychoactive isomer isolated from cannabis is dronabinol (delta-9-THC).<ref name="NaturalProductsJournal" /> |- !Dronabinol (delta-9-THC) |International Nonproprietary Name (INN) for delta-9-THC (psychoactive), whether synthetic or natural.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Riboulet-Zemouli |first=Kenzi |date=2020 |title='Cannabis' ontologies I: Conceptual issues with Cannabis and cannabinoids terminology |journal=Drug Science, Policy and Law |language=en |volume=6 |page=205032452094579 |article-number=2050324520945797 |doi=10.1177/2050324520945797 |issn=2050-3245|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=World Health Organization |date=1984 |title=List of Proposed INNs No. 51 |url=https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/international-nonproprietary-names-(inn)/pl51.pdf?sfvrsn=3ded55af_9&download=true |journal=WHO Chronicle |volume=38 |issue=2 |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=World Health Organization |date=1984 |title=List of Recommended INNs No. 24 |url=https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/international-nonproprietary-names-(inn)/rl24.pdf?sfvrsn=99779214_6&download=true |journal=WHO Chronicle |volume=38 |issue=6 |page=4}}</ref> |- !Cannabidiol (CBD) |Compound isolated from cannabis (non psychoactive).<ref name="NaturalProductsJournal">{{Cite journal |last1=Aizpurua-Olaizola |first1=Oier |last2=Soydaner |first2=Umut |last3=Öztürk |first3=Ekin |last4=Schibano |first4=Daniele |last5=Simsir |first5=Yilmaz |last6=Navarro |first6=Patricia |last7=Etxebarria |first7=Nestor |last8=Usobiaga |first8=Aresatz |date=2016-02-02 |title=Evolution of the Cannabinoid and Terpene Content during the Growth ofCannabis sativaPlants from Different Chemotypes |journal=Journal of Natural Products |language=EN |volume=79 |issue=2 |pages=324–331 |doi=10.1021/acs.jnatprod.5b00949 |pmid=26836472 |bibcode=2016JNAtP..79..324A |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/5028338 |access-date=2022-11-29 |archive-date=2023-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105025827/https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Evolution_of_the_Cannabinoid_and_Terpene_Content_during_the_Growth_of_Cannabis_sativa_Plants_from_Different_Chemotypes/5028338 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Cannabidiol is also the INN.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=World Health Organization |date=2017 |title=List of Recommended INNs No. 77 |url=https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/international-nonproprietary-names-(inn)/rl77.pdf?sfvrsn=c1e6fc91_6&download=true |journal=WHO Drug Information |volume=31 |issue=1 |page=75}}</ref> |- !Cannabinol (CBN) |Compound isolated from cannabis (mildly psychoactive).{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} |- !Cannabigerol (CBG) |Compound isolated from cannabis (non psychoactive). |- !Cannabidivarin (CBDV) |Compound isolated from cannabis (non psychoactive). |- !Nabilone |Synthetic cannabinoid, THC analogue (psychoactive).{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} |- !Nabiximols |Cannabis extract and botanical drug, CBD and THC combination (psychoactive).{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} |}

== Formal terms relating to cannabis consumption == {{See also|Cannabis consumption}} {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" !Name !About |- !Appetite |Effect of consuming cannabis.<ref name="DEA Factsheet" /> |- !Drink |Method of consuming cannabis.<ref name="DEA Factsheet" /> |- !Edible |Method of consuming cannabis.<ref name="WellnessCenter">{{Cite web |year=2013 |title=Wellness Center - Marijuana |url=http://www.american.edu/ocl/wellness/Marijuana.cfm |access-date=4 August 2017 |website=American University |archive-date=5 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805101123/http://www.american.edu/ocl/wellness/Marijuana.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !Smoke |Method of consuming cannabis.<ref name="WellnessCenter" /> |- !Topical |Method of consuming cannabis.<ref name="LaughingGrass">{{Cite web |last=Nall, Elizabeth |date=August 8, 2017 |title=Minnesota's medical marijuana can be rubbed into your skin |url=http://www.thelaughinggrass.com/minnesotas-medical-marijuana-can-rubbed-skin/ |website=The Laughing Grass |access-date=August 8, 2017 |archive-date=August 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809002956/http://www.thelaughinggrass.com/minnesotas-medical-marijuana-can-rubbed-skin/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !Vapor |Method of consuming cannabis.<ref name="Gieringer">{{Cite journal |last1=Gieringer |first1=Dale H. |last2=Joseph St. Laurent |last3=Scott Goodrich |year=2004 |title=Cannabis Vaporizer Combines Efficient Delivery of THC with Effective Suppression of Pyrolytic Compounds |url=http://www.maps.org/mmj/Gieringer-vaporizer.pdf |journal=Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=7–27 |doi=10.1300/J175v04n01_02 |access-date=2017-08-04 |archive-date=2014-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418154252/http://www.maps.org/mmj/Gieringer-vaporizer.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |}

== Slang names and terms == {{Main|List of slang names for cannabis}}

==See also== {{Portal|Cannabis|Linguistics}} *Glossary of cannabis terms *List of cannabis-related lists

==References== <references>

<ref name="Torkelson 1996">{{citation|last=Torkelson |first=Anthony R. |year=1996 |title=The Cross Name Index to Medicinal Plants |series=Vol. IV: Plants in Indian medicine |publisher=CRC Press |page=1674 |oclc=34038712 |isbn=978-0-8493-2635-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=trUgpMbT5gcC&pg=PA1674}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://www.wikileaf.com/strains/ Wikileaf: All Cannabis Strains] * [https://www.leafly.com/start-exploring Leafly: Marijuana Strains and Infused Products] * [https://app.jointcommerce.com/blog/category/cannabis-101/ JointCommerce: Cannabis 101 - Cannabis Strains] * {{citation|title=The Cross Name Index to Medicinal Plants|series=Vol. IV: Plants in Indian medicine |first=Anthony R.|last=Torkelson|publisher=CRC Press|page=1674|year=1996|oclc=34038712|isbn=978-0-8493-2635-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=trUgpMbT5gcC&pg=PA1674}} * {{citation|chapter=Marijuana/Cannabis factsheet|publisher=Drug Enforcement Administration|title=Drugs of Abuse|year=2015|pages=74–77|chapter-url=https://www.dea.gov/pr/multimedia-library/publications/drug_of_abuse.pdf|access-date=2017-04-26|archive-date=2016-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203195836/https://www.dea.gov/pr/multimedia-library/publications/drug_of_abuse.pdf}}

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