Stoner is a term most are familiar with, but few know what the word has to do with being under the influence of marijuana, and why it’s usually said in a negative connotation. The words origin comes from biblical times, when people who had sinned or committed crimes were literally stoned to death, with people throwing rocks and insults, in order to not just kill, but also to shame. In the early part of the 1900’s, people started using “stoned” or “stone drunk” as slang for people who were heavily under the influence of alcohol, looking both beaten and shamed. Dave Dormer, a Calgary-based journalist who also runs Cannanaskis, a tour company focused on the history of cannabis, said that, “Musicians were some of the main users of cannabis at the time and would slip words into their songs as a way of talking about cannabis without anyone knowing.” The first time this use of “stoned” showed up in the Oxford English Dictionary was in 1953, with the definition being “under the influence of drugs.” In the 1960s, the word stoned quickly became popular with marjuana use, and the name stuck. By 2022, the Oxford Dictionary clarified the definition to say: “A state of not behaving or thinking normally because of the effects of a drug such as marijuana or alcohol.” And before you panic that you’re sinning by using cannabis, remember the bible also said at Leviticus 19:19 that you shouldn’t “wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.” - - so you’d better check all your clothes to make sure you aren’t wearing a poly, cotton or linen blend shirt. Or better yet, just forget it, light up a smoke, and get stoned. Sourced from an article by Roderick MacDonald for Leafly Comments are closed.
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