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marijuana

[mar-uh-wah-nuh]

noun

hemp (def. 1).

the dried leaves and female flowers of the hemp plant, used in cigarette form as a narcotic or hallucinogen.

Also, ma·ri·hua·na.

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish marihuana, mariguana; traditional association with the personal name María Juana is probably a folk etymology

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Federal authorities appear to have done everything possible to undermine state and local regulation of medical marijuana.

After an exhaustive search, he finds a small bag of marijuana but no stereos.

Marijuana isn't dangerous, and it isn't a feeder drug.

Marijuana is the subject of many debates over its legalization and medical benefits.

Current restrictions on marijuana research are absurd.

Chemists have created a collection of molecules that may have effects superior to marijuana.

Medical marijuana dispensaries try hard to maintain the appearance that they are nonprofit health centers.

One two-hour evening workshop offering marijuana and cigarette smoking at the beginning and end of each semester.

Marijuana never should have been included on the list of dangerous drugs.

Officers taking out blocks of hidden marijuana from inside a wheel.

Its proponents argue that smoking marijuana makes you feel better.

Despite his risky efforts, the kid still tested positive for marijuana.

Bloomberg, the number of low-level marijuana arrests has exploded.

And marijuana was equated with heroin, so that was that.

The new programmes are mostly intended to reduce alcohol, marijuana and tobacco use, and are evaluated in those terms.

Other problems include illicit cultivation of marijuana and heavy deforestation.

The current debate over medical marijuana hinges on its use as pain medication.

American college students rallied last week to advocate marijuana as a safer alternative to alcohol on their campuses.

The only way to resolve whether marijuana has useful medical properties is to test it.

Its driver takes off running, abandoning a huge load of marijuana.

California's totally ablaze, and the cops are laying the blame on marijuana growers.

Following surgery, he discovered that smoking marijuana helped him manage his pain better than prescription drugs.

California's effort to legalize marijuana is the first step in making any progress.

Troopers examine marijuana plants from an illegal grow operation.

Marijuana remains tightly controlled, even though its compounds show promise.

The rise of marijuana legalisation and gay marriage as state's rights issues may be changing the complexion of the debate.

Puzzled by our polite refusals, they then tried to ply us with alcohol and marijuana.

Eg longswords are deemed dangerous, marijuana is illegal and bottles of drinking water not allowed.

But she got arrested again on a marijuana possesion charge she had picked up during her last stint in prison.

Marijuana increases open mindedness, and also alpha waves.

The strongest predictor of becoming schizophrenic is marijuana use.

Researchers have discovered that contaminated marijuana can cause an illness usually identified as food poisoning.

They also support themselves by growing marijuana crops on borrowed land from the government.

Federal officials say that many medical marijuana operations are covers for large-scale illegal sales.

Tokers are turning to specialized devices that vaporize marijuana rather than burning.

Medical marijuana has been a boon for local newspapers looking for ways to cope with the flight of advertising.

By contrast, both alcohol and marijuana are considered bad for the brain if overused.

Man, the gradual decriminalization of marijuana is really taking all the fun out of indoor agriculture.

Kaya died in detention three days after he had been arrested for smoking marijuana during a rally for its decriminalisation.

The suspect they were looking for was not there, but three others were arrested for marijuana and cocaine possession.

Researchers have discovered that the main active ingredient in marijuana shows promise as an antibacterial agent.

Cocaine shipments have fallen, but gangs continue to thrive on extortion, marijuana and fraud.

Like many young people, the brothers snuck the occasional beer or cigarette and experimented with marijuana.

Kelly reminded officers not to arrest people who have small amounts of marijuana in their possession unless it is in public view.

He said it was normal for them to get high on marijuana or heroin and then turn in for a good night's sleep.

Marijuana and cocaine can be concealed in compartments or false undercarriages of.

Some of the chemical compounds found in marijuana show promise for fighting drug-resistant bacterial infections.

Advocates of legalizing marijuana are sensing increasing acceptance of the drug, as medicine or entertainment.

He still reads sociological journals-and, incidentally, sticks to his belief that marijuana should be legal.

To be fair, this is due in large part to lack of regulation for marijuana grow facilities.

Michigan will decide whether to legalise marijuana for medicinal purposes.

He was arrested twice in recent years, once for possession of marijuana and once for defacing a road sign.

Source may mean hydroponic growing of marijuana or production of methamphetamines, ecstasy and other designer drugs.

The two studies' results on marijuana and other drugs, however, were more mixed.

Others contend that were the relatively innocuous marijuana legal, fewer would reach for the ill-understood synthetic stimulants.

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World English Dictionary

marijuana or marihuana (ˌmærɪˈhwɑːnə)

—n
1.	See also cannabis the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant, used for its euphoric effects, esp in the form of cigarettes
2.	another name for hemp

[C19: from Mexican Spanish]

marihuana or marihuana

—n

[C19: from Mexican Spanish]

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Word Origin & History

marijuana

1918, alt. by influence of Sp. proper name Maria Juana "Mary Jane" from mariguan (1894), from Mex.Sp. marihuana, of uncertain origin.

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"Marijuana ... makes you sensitive. Courtesy has a great deal to do with being sensitive. Unfortunately marijuana makes you the kind of sensitive where you insist on everyone listening to the drum solo in Iron Butterfly's 'In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida' fifty or sixty times." [P.J. O'Rourke, "Modern Manners," 1983]

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

marijuana mar·i·jua·na or mar·i·hua·na (mār'ə-wä'nə)
n.

The cannabis plant.
A preparation made from the dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant, usually smoked or eaten to induce euphoria.

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