(n.) The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.
Example Sentences:
(1) The recently proposed decriminalisation of marijuana , widely called ganja by Jamaicans, has been long anticipated and much unfulfilled – like a World Cup goal by Wayne Rooney.
(2) The Wellspring Collective – they're good, they've dropped their prices down to compete with other shops, like Ganja Gourmet , right here.
(3) Librium (chlordiazeproxide), pain killers (minor analgesics such as aspirin, and cannabis (bhang, ganja, and charas).
(4) There has been considerable recent interest in the study of Jamaican ganja users as a potentially valuable source of information on the effects of long-term cannabis consumption.
(5) In man, physiologic marijuana abstinence signs have not been demonstrated, but behavioral (and some physiologic) abstinence phenomena have been reported in heavy users of hashish or ganja.
(6) Maybe the ganja growers are on to something big, and I'm just being a party pooper.
(7) In cultures where marijuana of higher delta 9-THC content, hashish, or ganja is used, pharmacologic reinforcement (through suppression of abstinence changes) may play a greater role in maintaining drug-seeking behavior.
(8) In the study of "Ganja in Jamaica" by Rubin and Comitas, no significant differences between heavy ganja smokers and controls could be demonstrated in physical and psychological symptoms or social adjustment.
(9) Ten of these patients were diagnosed as "ganja psychosis," and four others were classified as "marijuana-modified mania."
(10) No significant physical abnormalities were found, except in two smokers, and there was no reason to suspect that these disabilities were related to ganja.
(11) So Foot took himself off to a stand, where there was an overwhelming smell of ganja coming from the visitors' supporters.
(12) Professor Henry Lowe, another long-time ganja researcher, has recently launched Medicanja in a bid to tap the medical marijuana and hemp markets .
(13) Ganja, smoking is illegal but can be accepted as part of the culture in these areas.
(14) Use of the more potent preparations (ganja, charas) is not condoned for this group.
(15) Ganja and charas are regarded more ambivalently as poisons or semipoisons.
(16) Ganja is used extensively in the working-class population of Jamaica, particularly in certain agricultural and fishing communities.
(17) In the present study, the cannabinoid content was determined on 36 samples purchased from various ganja dealers at two different periods, derived from crops treated differently with respect to fertilization, and representing the range of types locally considered to differ in quality or potency.
(18) The perceived functions of ganja in reducing the physiological symptoms of pregnancy and associated psychological stress are described in relation to the sociocultural context of pregnancy in low-income rural communities.
(19) The selection of controls was inadequate: only 12 controls had never smoked ganja, and 8 were current occasional users.
(20) 8.07pm BST Very much enjoying Sue's glee as she explains to an un-ruffled Mary, that Howard is cooking with ganja.
Gansa
Definition:
(n.) Same as Ganza.
Example Sentences:
(1) But Alex Gansa, the show’s creator and executive producer, told Deadline after the story came to light: “We wish we’d caught these images before they made it to air.
(2) Accepting the award, producer Alex Gansa said he felt it was an affirmation of season 2.