Cannabis

Cannabis, known as marijuana, marihuana, and ganja (from Sanskrit: गांजा gañjā, meaning "hemp"), among many other names refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug. The most common form of cannabis used as a drug is the dried herbal form. The typical herbal form of cannabis consists of the flowers and subtending leaves and stalks of mature pistillate or female plants. The resinous form of the... more

Also known as:

  • Pot,
  • Marijuana,
  • Grass,
  • Endo,
  • Dope,
  • Weed,
  • Ganja,
  • Chronic,
  • 420,
  • Mota
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