They may even differ across sections of a large city. Terms from years ago, such as pot, herb, grass, weed, Mary Jane, and reefer, are still used. You might also hear the names Aunt Mary, skunk, boom, gangster, kif, or ganja. A recent book of American slang lists more than 200 terms for various kinds of marijuana. One well-known type of water pipe is the bong.
Some users mix marijuana into foods or use it to brew a tea.
Another method is to slice open a cigar and replace the tobacco with marijuana, making what's called a blunt. When the blunt is smoked with a 40 oz. Nearly 69 million Americans over the age of 12 have tried marijuana at least once. About 10 million had used the drug in the month before the survey. Among teens 12 to 17, the average age of first trying marijuana was 14 years.