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. Matt K on July 16, 2019 at 5:54 pm

    Devils Lettuce, Loud, Jazz Cabbage, Sweet Leaf



  2. True Games on July 16, 2019 at 5:55 pm

    In cali we also say tree and flower



  3. Wilhelm Bergan on July 16, 2019 at 5:57 pm

    Forgot sticky icky



  4. cascadiantreehugger on July 16, 2019 at 5:59 pm

    this was a good video



  5. Zvidanya Tvetski on July 16, 2019 at 5:59 pm

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



  6. Taylor Coy on July 16, 2019 at 6:02 pm

    Right now you’re my favourite youtuber



  7. Bryce Forsythe on July 16, 2019 at 6:03 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



  8. Aquarius1011 on July 16, 2019 at 6:03 pm

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



  9. Giovane Costa on July 16, 2019 at 6:03 pm

    Sometimes we simply say Verde, which means green literally



  10. The Algorithm on July 16, 2019 at 6:04 pm

    Stick to geography



  11. BepisPaul on July 16, 2019 at 6:05 pm

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



  12. Q-Slayer on July 16, 2019 at 6:06 pm

    What about hash, or hashish



  13. thefrecklepuny on July 16, 2019 at 6:06 pm

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



  14. Smart Baba on July 16, 2019 at 6:10 pm

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



  15. Farajaraf on July 16, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    We call it bag.



  16. Victor Tarabola Cortiano on July 16, 2019 at 6:13 pm

    DJAMBA!



  17. Sunflower oil on July 16, 2019 at 6:14 pm

    Now lets do some smack



  18. Social Hermit Crab on July 16, 2019 at 6:14 pm

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



  19. Matt Brine on July 16, 2019 at 6:15 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 )



  20. Mohammed Majali on July 16, 2019 at 6:20 pm

    Also, Hashish in Arabic



  21. Alan Wilson on July 16, 2019 at 6:23 pm

    Garbage more like 😫😫😫😫👎👎👎👎



  22. Zaccari Jarman on July 16, 2019 at 6:23 pm

    I heard 420 is police code for marijuana



  23. Bastiaan ten Doornkaat on July 16, 2019 at 6:23 pm

    I’m from the Netherlands but i’ve never heard of something as "doop" and we certainly don’t use it as word for mayonaise!! The only meaning of doop in the Netherlands is when someone gets baptised but then we say " Gedoopt" Or when a ship gets to water and they throw a bottle of wine against it then it also named "gedoopt"



  24. GopnikRaptor on July 16, 2019 at 6:24 pm

    Gang weed rise up



  25. Evil Paragon 4 on July 16, 2019 at 6:26 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?



  26. Lech on July 16, 2019 at 6:27 pm

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



  27. batmanfanforever08 on July 16, 2019 at 6:29 pm

    I should be sleeping



  28. trap boi on July 16, 2019 at 6:30 pm

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



  29. Evan Shearer on July 16, 2019 at 6:30 pm

    The devil’s lettuce



  30. pilar dominguez on July 16, 2019 at 6:30 pm

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



  31. Person on July 16, 2019 at 6:31 pm

    it’s now legal in canada 🙂



  32. christopher scott on July 16, 2019 at 6:31 pm

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



  33. Josh Derak on July 16, 2019 at 6:33 pm

    Canada likes to spell it "Marihuana" for some reason.



  34. Alexander Lehigh on July 16, 2019 at 6:35 pm

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



  35. aditya mohan on July 16, 2019 at 6:36 pm

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



  36. Wish Reviews on July 16, 2019 at 6:36 pm

    I think marijuana was first a Mexican word for wild tobacco. I use the term Cannabis because it’s the scientific accurate term



  37. Joe Chisten on July 16, 2019 at 6:37 pm

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



  38. Yo Momma on July 16, 2019 at 6:38 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



  39. pessemestic on July 16, 2019 at 6:38 pm

    I call it whacky backy



  40. scronx on July 16, 2019 at 6:38 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?



  41. themadsamplist on July 16, 2019 at 6:39 pm

    Broccoli



  42. Smoke Dispenser on July 16, 2019 at 6:40 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).



  43. Eterna Forest on July 16, 2019 at 6:41 pm

    What about wacky baccy?



  44. Reb Silb on July 16, 2019 at 6:42 pm

    I thought “dope” was short for “dopamine” as you can get naturally high from rushes of dopamine/happiness…



  45. Lil Slayer 21 on July 16, 2019 at 6:43 pm

    S0MKE WEED EVERYDAY 4:20



  46. Glass Pez on July 16, 2019 at 6:43 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.



  47. Odvar Campbell on July 16, 2019 at 6:44 pm

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



  48. Stevie Stormz on July 16, 2019 at 6:45 pm

    Anyone remember “don”



  49. Mark Gray on July 16, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    I call it cannabis 🙂



  50. aminkhalil on July 16, 2019 at 6:49 pm

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