Word: ganja
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Central to the drug scene is marijuana, the green-flowered cannabis herb that has been turning man on since time immemorial. Virtually every hippie uses it-sometimes up to three times a day. Known as khif or hashish in the Middle East, bhang or ganja in India, ma in China, maconha or djama in South America, pot, grass, boo, maryjane and tea in the U.S., it is ubiquitous and easily grown, can be smoked in "joints" (cigarettes), baked into cookies or brewed in tea ("pot likker...
Those who wish to consult responsible sources of information on cannabis derivatives (hashish, charas, bhang, ganja, dagga, and marijuana) will find Hashish: Its Chemistry and Pharmacology, Walstenholme, G.E.W., ed., Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1965, of interest; also, The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Goodman, L.S. and Gilman,A., 3rd Edit., New York, Macmillan Co., 1965, pages 299-301, Grollman, A., Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Philadelphia, Lea and Febiger, 1960, pages 230-232, and Drug Dependence: Its Significance and Characteristics, Eddy, N.B. and others, Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 37, 1965. Dr.Dana L.Farnsworth Director University Health Services
...plant--Cannabis sativa. Cannabis (accented on the first syllable, like "Canada") is a common roadside weed, bound to be growing on some vacant lot within a mile of your home. The quality of a Cannabis product depends upon its resin content; compared to hashish (the pure, dried resin) and ganja (flowering tops only of specially cultivated plants)--neither available in this part of the world--marihuana is a sort of cubscout variety of hemp. Yet even with its scant amount of resin, marihuana, when smoked or eaten, can provoke bizarre, highly variable symptoms of narcotic intoxication...