(the) weed

(the) weed
   a taboo substance which is smoked
   Formerly tobacco, to smoke which in Victorian times was antisocial outside the Smoking Room, but now marijuana:
    ... a man whose private worth is only to be equalled by the purity of his milk-punch and the excellence of his weeds. (Bradley, 1853, meaning cigars)
    ... opened the door and sniffed the weed. (Chandler, 1958 — he could smell cannabis smoke)

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