[Ads-l] semi-antedating of "boo," marihuana

[Jonathan Lighter]

 OED: 1959

1954 _Afro-American_ (Baltimore, Md.) (Apr. 4)  (Mag.) 10 {Newspapers.com]:
BOO-BOO - Marihuana.

There may be one or two other antedatings of drug terms in this glossary -
which regrettably ends at "R" !

JL

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