Translations:Cannabis (drug)/6/en

Etymology

Cannabis is a Scythian word. The ancient Greeks learned of the use of cannabis by observing Scythian funerals, during which cannabis was consumed. In Akkadian, cannabis was known as qunubu (𐎯𐎫𐎠𐎭𐏂). The word was adopted in to the Hebrew as qaneh bosem (קָנֶה בֹּשׂם).