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n. - The most commonly used illicit drug; A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.

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  • Nobody in early 20th century America had heard of "marihuana" until William Randolph Hearst's papers were spilling ink about it.
  • ÂNobody in early 20th century America had heard of "marihuana" until William Randolph Hearst's papers were spilling ink about it.
  • Not only that, but the Feds spelled it "marihuana" back in the '30's.
  • "marihuana" is neither incorrect nor as archaic as you imply.
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