cannabis

psychoactive herb from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes
ChemicalSubstance drug Q2845
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Summary

cannabis is a drug[1]. cannabis draws 63,546 Wikipedia views per month (drug category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: soft drug[3], psychoactive drug[4], food ingredient[5]
  • Has use: cannabis smoking[6]
  • Commons category: Cannabis[7]
  • Said to be the same as: bhang[8], medical cannabis[9], ganja[10]
  • Has part(s): tetrahydrocannabinol[11], cannabidiol[12]
  • Route of administration: smoking[13], ingestion[14], sublingual administration[15], vaporizer[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cannabis[17]
  • Commons gallery: Cannabis sativa[18]
  • Described at URL: https://burnabyhighstar.com/weed[19], https://www.newsweed.fr/cannabis/[20]
  • Facet of: Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs[21], National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws[22], legality of cannabis[23]
  • Described by source: Red Blue Translator[24]
  • Used by: Rastafari[25], International Church of Cannabis[26], Santo Daime[27], pipe[28]
  • Has effect: euphoria[29]
  • Has characteristic: legality of cannabis[30], strain of cannabis[31]
  • Natural product of taxon: Cannabis sativa[32], Cannabis indica[33]
  • Different from: Marihuana[34]
  • Side effect: paranoia[35], amotivational syndrome[36], cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome[37]
  • Medical condition treated: anorexia nervosa[38], nausea[39]
  • Has part(s) of the class: cannabinoids[40]
  • Subject has role: cannabinoids[41]
  • May prevent disease: chronic pain[42]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for cannabis include Weeds[43], a television series[44], directed by Craig Zisk[45].

Why It Matters

cannabis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] cannabis is known by 99 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for cannabis include Weeds[43], a television series[44], directed by Craig Zisk[45].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . government.nl. Retrieved . government.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . dea.gov. Retrieved . dea.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . bdtd.uerj.br. bdtd.uerj.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . nlm.nih.gov. nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . nlm.nih.gov. nlm.nih.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Negative dimension in psychiatry. Amotivational syndrome as a paradigm of negative symptoms in substance abuse. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . marijuanadoctors.com. marijuanadoctors.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Regulation of nausea and vomiting by cannabinoids. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . healthline.com. healthline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8h ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'ar', 'az', 'bg', 'bjn', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da'
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-yuSh-aoxy-J1xF
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  2. 6w ago · Carn · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14834 → Schedule I (Russia)
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  3. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Marijuana
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  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 15w ago · Ringbang · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usenet newsgroup → rec.drugs.cannabis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Usenet newsgroup: rec.drugs.cannabis"
  6. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009546-marihuana
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0009546-marihuana, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  7. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Cannabis
    Subclass of → —
    May prevent disease → chronic pain
    Has parts → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007283360305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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