Marijuana Glossary
Abuse - to use in a way other than the intended use
Bong - water pipe for smoking marijuana
Cannabis - the plant from which marijuana is made; fibers they produce are used to make rope and useful fabrics for clothing, sheets, and pillow cases among many other things
Cultivate - grow intentionally
Drug - a chemical substance that alters body functions
Euphoria - a feeling of extreme happiness or relaxation; feeling of floating
Formaldehyde - a poisonous gas; used for embalming fluid
Gateway drug - a drug that leads to the use of other - many times more harmful - drugs
Hallucination - physical illusion
Hashish - form of marijuana; made from resin of cannabis; collect droplets and press into hashish patties; smoked in a pipe or mixed with tobacco and smoked as a cigarette
Malt liquor - beer with a high alcohol content
Marijuana - made when cannabis plant is cut and dried
Methanol - a poisonous liquid; used for automobile antifreeze
Neurological - of or relating to the nervous system
PCP - a drug used to produce a calming effect; also called angel dust
Psychoactive - mind-altering
Resin - sticky substance that comes from underneath the leaves and from flowers of cannabis plant
THC - a compound in cannabis; it can be made synthetically; Tetrahydrocannabino or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
Tobacco - leaves from plants in the genus Nicotiana used for smoking or chewing