Why Does Marijuana Have So Many Names?

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SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Marijuana On Etymonline: https://www.etymonline.com/word/marijuana
Weed All About It: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/14/weed-all-about-ittheoriginsofthewordamarijuanaaintheus.html
Cannabis On Etymonline: https://www.etymonline.com/word/cannabis
Understanding The Difference Between Hemp And Cannabis: https://www.medicaljane.com/2015/01/14/the-differences-between-hemp-and-cannabis/
Why Are There So Many Different Names For Weed?: http://time.com/4747501/420-day-weed-marijuana-pot-slang/
Prohibition Slang: https://marymiley.wordpress.com/tag/prohibition-slang/
Why Is Weed Called Weed?: https://www.civilized.life/articles/why-is-weed-called-weed/
Why Is Marijuana Also Called Pot?: https://www.dictionary.com/e/pot-marijuana/
The Use Of Marijuana In The Rastafari Religion: https://pointsadhsblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/the-use-of-marijuana-in-the-rastafari-religion/
Where All These Marijuana Slang Terms Come From: https://thefreshtoast.com/cannabis/where-all-those-marijuana-slang-terms-came-from/
Where Does The Slang Mary Jane Come From?: https://gardeningandhome.com/slang-mary-jane-come/
Snoop Dogg Reveals What ‘the chronic’ Means While Getting Hign With Seth Rogan: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/snoop-dogg-reveals-what-the-chronic-means-while-getting-high-with-seth-rogen-9526568.html
420 & Marijuana: http://time.com/4739364/marijuana-420-day-inventors/

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50 Comments

  1. thefrecklepuny on April 15, 2019 at 9:25 pm

    You could also have added ‘Sensimilla’. Gone out of fashion these days. Apparently a name for Cannabis which is seedless.



  2. Odvar Campbell on April 15, 2019 at 9:27 pm

    Jamaica has other words for cannabis, for example sinsimilla, kaya and kush actually came from shortening kushumpeng. You also forgot reefer



  3. Lil Slayer 21 on April 15, 2019 at 9:28 pm

    S0MKE WEED EVERYDAY 4:20



  4. aminkhalil on April 15, 2019 at 9:29 pm

    REEFER…U MISSED REEFER.
    ROACH
    HASH
    COT
    LOUD!
    GAS!



  5. christopher scott on April 15, 2019 at 9:30 pm

    Cannabis means two canes, canna=cane, bis=two. It comes from the fact cannabis has separate male and female forms.



  6. Matt Brine on April 15, 2019 at 9:30 pm

    I to wondered why there are so many names for marijuana, though soon it will be legal in Canada as of October 2018 (near the end of October actually, just in time for Halloween XD )



  7. Matt K on April 15, 2019 at 9:31 pm

    Devils Lettuce, Loud, Jazz Cabbage, Sweet Leaf



  8. scronx on April 15, 2019 at 9:31 pm

    You really looooove open borders, dontcha? So which ghetto have you chosen to live in personally to show your deep love for diversitee and all persynkind?



  9. Wilhelm Bergan on April 15, 2019 at 9:31 pm

    Forgot sticky icky



  10. Giovane Costa on April 15, 2019 at 9:33 pm

    Sometimes we simply say Verde, which means green literally



  11. Saurabh Raj on April 15, 2019 at 9:34 pm

    In India It grows everywhere on road side… We only use it on festival "Holi" in our country we called it "Bhaang"….



  12. leo laine on April 15, 2019 at 9:36 pm

    Run earth double mistake northwest ill invisible bank describe.



  13. True Games on April 15, 2019 at 9:36 pm

    In cali we also say tree and flower



  14. Evil Paragon 4 on April 15, 2019 at 9:38 pm

    Why is that legality map shown at 1:54 grey for North Korea?

    Marijuana is legal in North Korea, it actually grows like a literal weed throughout the country on the sides of roads and everything.
    It’s often used as a temporary pain killer but only causes more pain when the effects wear off because of hunger, so no one uses it there except tourists.

    Now, that’s quoted by many NK’n refugees. My question is how on earth do you get a lighter into North Korea? Do they just have them there to buy? Do people bake it into food and not smoke it?



  15. pilar dominguez on April 15, 2019 at 9:41 pm

    you should make a video like “Are There Any Disneys Left”



  16. Taylor Coy on April 15, 2019 at 9:42 pm

    Right now you’re my favourite youtuber



  17. Aquarius1011 on April 15, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    Here in South Africa it’s called dagga. (That’s pronounced with the guttural ‘g’.)



  18. Alan Wilson on April 15, 2019 at 9:44 pm

    Garbage more like 😫😫😫😫👎👎👎👎



  19. Farajaraf on April 15, 2019 at 9:45 pm

    We call it bag.



  20. Joe Chisten on April 15, 2019 at 9:45 pm

    Also, the California law authorizing medicinal marijuana was titled SB 420



  21. pessemestic on April 15, 2019 at 9:49 pm

    I call it whacky backy



  22. Q Anon on April 15, 2019 at 9:51 pm


  23. Zvidanya Tvetski on April 15, 2019 at 9:51 pm

    Oh my god, cannabis and hemp are literally the same thing, there is no difference



  24. Not a Fan on April 15, 2019 at 9:53 pm

    The devil’s lettuce



  25. Glass Pez on April 15, 2019 at 9:53 pm

    Depending on the kind of marijuana there are names like hydro, dro, dank, good, swag and reggie. And of course names based on how you’re smoking it like dabs, shatter, oil, joint, blunt, bowl, and roach for the leftover joint or blunt. I’m sure there are lots of other names as well.



  26. Victor Tarabola Cortiano on April 15, 2019 at 9:54 pm

    DJAMBA!



  27. Scott Anderson on April 15, 2019 at 9:56 pm

    Stick to geography



  28. Mohammed Majali on April 15, 2019 at 9:56 pm

    Also, Hashish in Arabic



  29. aditya mohan on April 15, 2019 at 9:56 pm

    Were you up late smoking up when you thought.."hey..I could make a video out of this"?



  30. trap boi on April 15, 2019 at 9:58 pm

    Dude. You should do Lean. Like the cough syrup n the drink itself. It’ll b nice



  31. Eterna Forest on April 15, 2019 at 9:58 pm

    What about wacky baccy?



  32. cascadiantreehugger on April 15, 2019 at 10:03 pm

    this was a good video



  33. Sunflower oil on April 15, 2019 at 10:05 pm

    Now lets do some smack



  34. Mark Gray on April 15, 2019 at 10:07 pm

    I call it cannabis 🙂



  35. Alexander Lehigh on April 15, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    Where’s the ad at the video’s beginning?!



  36. Person on April 15, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    it’s now legal in canada 🙂



  37. Erik S on April 15, 2019 at 10:10 pm

    I’ve definitely heard people say "want to 420?" or "You 420?" as well as places and people labeling themselves as "420 friendly". As more and more places legalize it, and since Colorado has gathered longitudinal research on its effects both medically and criminally, prohibition sounds less and less reasonable, and enforcement is increasingly seen as a waste of scarce resources. Yet it’s also been shown that Marijuana does have a permanent negative effect on child development if there is heavy use before the end of puberty, so there should still be reasonable attempts to keep it out of the hands of kids… though they will get it anyways if they really want to… as they always have.



  38. Zaccari Jarman on April 15, 2019 at 10:11 pm

    I heard 420 is police code for marijuana



  39. batmanfanforever08 on April 15, 2019 at 10:15 pm

    I should be sleeping



  40. Smoke Dispenser on April 15, 2019 at 10:16 pm

    Are there any sources for the 4:20 am myth? I think 420 is rather an actual code for the 4th and 20th character of the alphabet: D(rug) u(se).



  41. Bryce Forsythe on April 15, 2019 at 10:17 pm

    dat gud kush…. seriously the Canadian Parliament building on 4/20 its just a big ass smoke bomb. definitely something foreigners should see at least once if they partake or even have interest in the prohibition culture



  42. themadsamplist on April 15, 2019 at 10:17 pm

    Broccoli



  43. Yo Momma on April 15, 2019 at 10:17 pm

    No need for fancy pronounciation for the word doop, it’s pronounced (almost indistinguishably) the same as dope. Dunno if it meant dipping sauce in old Dutch, but nowadays it mostly refers to baptisms



  44. Lech on April 15, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    I got a little survey at the beginning so maybe its not demonetized?



  45. Jeff Irwin on April 15, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    Hope springs eternal.



  46. Social Hermit Crab on April 15, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    Marijuana has so many names because each one temporarily escapes the YouTube DEMONetization



  47. GopnikRaptor on April 15, 2019 at 10:19 pm

    Gang weed rise up



  48. Q-Slayer on April 15, 2019 at 10:19 pm

    What about hash, or hashish



  49. BepisPaul on April 15, 2019 at 10:22 pm

    I won’t have Lucifer’s cabbage in my household



  50. Stevie Stormz on April 15, 2019 at 10:23 pm

    Anyone remember “don”