cannabis

Noun

Meaning

A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.

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Examples

He was wondering what society would have been like if we'd socialised cannabis instead of dangerous drugs like alcohol and religion. John Brunner

Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party - the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth - is where it's happening. Boris Johnson

The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world. Carl Sagan

The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before. Carl Sagan

Scientists have invented a new strain of cannabis without the high. They celebrated with non-alcoholic beer and furious dry-humping. Stephen Colbert

I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects of our society and our educational system, un-available to us without such drugs. Lester Grinspoon

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