devil's lettuce

Weed, old-fashioned term

Devil's lettuce is slang for marijuana, used humorously to evoke old-fashioned moral panic about cannabis.

The phrase mocks early 20th-century anti-drug rhetoric that associated marijuana with sin and corruption: I'm just here for the devil's lettuce.

Often used ironically by people who don't consider marijuana particularly dangerous.

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Opposites
moral/religious framing of substances

devil's lettuceholy water

Sacramental liquid for blessings

communion wine · sacramental bread · holy sacrament · manna · God's gift

legal/social acceptability

devil's lettuceprescription medication

Medicine requiring medical authorization

alcohol · tobacco · coffee · aspirin · chamomile tea

rhetorical register

devil's lettucecannabis

Psychoactive hemp plant

marijuana · medical cannabis · herbal remedy · plant medicine · CBD

Family

devil, devils, devilish, devilry, deviled, lettuce, lettuces

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