What’s in a Name?

A look at marijuana terminology

Lindsey Gillespie, Rover Tobacco Control Library June 28, 2017 What would you call this? “If somebody uses ‘cannabis’ it means he’s more or less pro-normalizaon, and someone who uses ‘marijuana’ is an.” -- Mark A.R. Kleiman, a drug policy expert at UCLA Who uses the term cannabis?

• Research based • Cannabis industry (sellers & growers) • Some state legislaon (like Hawaii and California) Marijuana: a history of the word • Some feel the term has racist associaons • 1930’s: “Marihuana” was ed to an- immigraon / Jazz • The cannabis industry is moving away from this word Who uses the term marijuana? • Public health departments • Journalism

Source: Good to Know Campaign, Colorado Department of Public Health • Federal Government

Source: AP Stylebook, 2016 ____ Marijuana

• “Commercial” • “Retail” • “Medical” • “Recreaonal” • “Adult-use”

Many are moving away from these terms and using the term “legal” marijuana Slang spliff | green goddess | alfalfa herb | Aunt Mary | grass ganja | thirteen alligator cigaree stogie | dank cabbage | Nixon da kine 420 | Houdini dona Juanita Thirteen | chronic Muggle | kush Source: “How Weed Became the Hippest Slang Term for Marijuana,” 3 March 2014, Slate.com Baby | good giggles climb Usage Terms of the Trade / Branding

• New word: Budtender • Marijuana product names that describe “experience” • Dispensary names

Silverpeak Apothecary, Source: “Colorado is Home to The Nicest Marijuana Dispensary You’ll Ever See, ” URL: hp://infinitelegroom.com/2015/07/30/colorado-is-home-to-the-nicest- marijuana-dispensary-youll-ever-see/

Source: Inspire, All Bud, URL: hps://www.allbud.com/products/mellow-2/concentrate/70317/inspire Rover Resources

• Monthly e-publicaon Marijuana and Tobacco Control • Topic Searches (ESDs, SHS/Aerosol, Blunts) • Alerts • Marijuana Terminology Fact Sheet • Ask the Librarian, [email protected], 530-752-9719 or 530-752-8521 Works Cited

The Associated Press. (2016). The Associated Press Stylebook 2016. New York, NY: Basic Books.

California State Department of Consumer Affairs. (2017). Bureau of Cannabis Control Proposed Trailer Bill Legislaon. Retrieved from hp://www.dof.ca.gov/Budget/Trailer_Bill_Language/documents/ 200CannabisRegulaonDra.pdf

California State Department of Consumer Affairs. (2017). Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulaon Proposion 64 FAQ. Retrieved from hp://bmcr.ca.gov/consumers/prop64_faqs.pdf

Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. (2017). Good to Know: Marijuana 101. Retrieved from hps://goodtoknowcolorado.com/before-you-use/marijuana-101

Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevenon and Control Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. § 811(2010).

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Diconary.com. (2017). From Headlines to Hollywood to Hangry: New Words in the Diconary. Retrieved from hp://blog.diconary.com/2017-march-new-words/

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). (2017). Drug Slang Code Words. Houston, TX. Retrieved from hps://ndews.umd.edu/sites/ndews.umd.edu/files/dea-drug-slang-code-words-may2017.pdf

HerCannaLife. What do you call it? Weed, Pot, Herb, Marijuana, Cannabis or what? (2017, 10 October). Retrieved from hps://hercannalife.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/what-do-you-call-it-weed-pot-herb-marijuana- cannabis-or-what/

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Nuessel, F. (2017). A Note on Selected Names of Colorado Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. Names: A Journal of Onomascs, 65(2), 112-120.

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Relang to Medical Marijuana, S.786, 29th Leg. (2017).

Staples, J. (2014, 29 July) The Federal Marijuana Ban Is Rooted in Myth and Xenophobia. The New York Times. Retrieved from hps://www.nymes.com/2014/07/30/opinion/high-me-federal-marijuana-ban-is-rooted-in- myth.html?opinion-series&_r=1

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Yagoda, B. How Weed Became the Hippest Slang Term for Marijuana. Slate.com. Retrieved from hp://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/03/05/ the_etymology_of_marijuana_and_the_rise_of_weed_as_the_preferred_slang_term.html