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