Why do people call Marijuana "weed"?

[hihigh]

When i think of weed i think of some obnoxious plant infesting my garden terrorizing all of my happy plants. Weeds serve no purpose and are an annoyance. They are usually dealt with by being pulled out of the ground by the root and smothered with pesticides.

weed isn't a good term to identify marijuana. weeds aren't good, marijuana is..


what gives?

hihigh Reviewed by hihigh on 12-17-2005. Why do people call Marijuana "weed"? When i think of weed i think of some obnoxious plant infesting my garden terrorizing all of my happy plants. Weeds serve no purpose and are an annoyance. They are usually dealt with by being pulled out of the ground by the root and smothered with pesticides. weed isn't a good term to identify marijuana. weeds aren't good, marijuana is.. what gives? Rating: 5

[trapped in a dream]

shut the fuck up

[420kidder]

I don't really know, but I always thought it had something to do with the fact that it grows relatively easy like a weed. Plus I guess it grows wild in a lot of places, like a weed perhaps? Hmmm

[mellow mood]

maybe coz weed is grass

and grass looks like MJ

thats why we call MJ grass too

[hihigh]

i guess but that's like using the n word to describe an african american. it's pretty deragotory imo

[hihigh]

shut the fuck up

you join this board on my birthday and you are obnoxious to me, how rude.

[mellow mood]

i dont think so

i think your stoned

[hipEstoner]

i think trapped in a dream is trapped in his piece of shit attitude

[Roadking]

Back in 74 there was a song by Jim Stafford that played several times a day on the radio...and it went somethin' like this a here...

*strums guitar gently*

The name of this song is 'The Wildwood Flower'
Now 'The Wildwood Flower' is an old country classic
It gained a whole new popularity
The song isn't any more popular
But the flower is doin' real good

The wildwood flower grew wild on the farm
And we never knowed what it was called
Some said it was a flower and some said it was weed
I didn't gave it much thought...
One day I was out there talking to my brother
Reached down for a weed to chew on
Things got fuzzy and things got blurry
And then everything was gone
I Didn't know what happened
But I knew it beat the hell out of sniffin' burlap

I come to and my brother was there
And he said, 'What's wrong with your eyes?'
I said, 'I don't know, I was chewing on a weed'
He said, 'Let me give it a try'
We spent the rest of that day and most of that night
Trying to find my brother, Bill
Caught up with him 'bout six o'clock the next mornin'
Naked, swinging on the windmill
He said he flew up there
I had to fly up and get him down
He was about half crazy...

The very next day we picked a bunch of them weeds
And put 'em in the sun to dry
Then we mashed 'em up and we cleaned 'em all
And put 'em in the corncob pipe
Smokin' them wildwood flowers got to be a habit
We didn't see no harm
We thought it was kind of handy
Take a trip and never leave the farm

A big ol' puff on the wildwood weed
Next thing you know we's just wandering behind the little animals
All good things gotta come to an end
And it's the same with the wildwood weed

One day these fellers from Washington come by
And they spied us and they turned white as a sheet
And they dug and they burned
And they burned and they dug
And they killed all our cute little weeds
Then they drove away
We just smiled and waved...
Sittin' there on that sack of seeds

Y'all come back now, ya hear?

[bonsaiguy]

When i think of weed i think of some obnoxious plant infesting my garden terrorizing all of my happy plants. Weeds serve no purpose and are an annoyance. They are usually dealt with by being pulled out of the ground by the root and smothered with pesticides.

weed isn't a good term to identify marijuana. weeds aren't good, marijuana is..


what gives?

Because it is a weed. No really!