[Ads-l] Antedating of "Tea" (= Marijuana)

[Shapiro, Fred]

tea (OED, 7.c., 1935)

1934 Columbia (South Carolina) Record 31 Dec. 4/3 (Newspapers.com)

Here's something I heard about musicians.  They call marijuana "tea."

Fred Shapiro

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