Slight Antedating of "Reefer"

[Shapiro, Fred]

reefer (OED, n.4, 1931 Sept.)

1931 _Baltimore Afro-American_ 30 May 5 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  CHICAGO.-- The "reefer" craze that took Harlem by storm sometime ago has now hit the Southside and boys and girls are reported to be smoking the doped cigarettes to an alarming degree.

Fred Shapiro

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