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The men and women under his employ were a rag-tag gang of dreamers and drifters, brought together by a love for adventure, a disdain for the society that had thrown their friends away in Vietnam, and a desire to spread the gospel of ganja.—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026 Cannabis is a plant also known as marijuana, weed, pot, ganja, Mary Jane, Smoochy Woochy Poochy and a whole host of other names.—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 Feb. 2026 Just over the Wisconsin state line, there is an Upper Peninsula dispensary that offers the ease of a drive-thru option to buy ganja.—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025 Coming after Marvin Gaye’s topical What’s Going On album, Marley’s first releases redefined post-civil-rights attitudes, replete with rhythm and ganja.—Armond White, National Review, 16 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for ganja
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Etymology
borrowed from Hindi gā̃jā & Urdu gānjā "hemp, hemp flower buds," going back to Sanskrit gañjā "hemp," of uncertain origin