Ganja

Gāñjā is the title given to the flowers, whereas “charas” refers to the resin, and “bhang” the seeds and leaves.

In 1845, the British Empire started to call for indentured Indians to come to the Caribbean to strengthen the workforce on sugar plantations.

[10] The word was used in Europe as early as 1856, when the British enacted a tax on the "ganja" trade.

[10][13] Cultural figureheads such as Bob Marley popularized Rastafari and ganja through reggae music.

[14] The hip hop group Cypress Hill revived the term in the United States in 2004 in a song titled "Ganja Bus", followed by other artists, including rapper Eminem, in the 2009 song "Must Be the Ganja".