smoke cannabis?

Question

Why is a cannabis ciggaret called a "joint"?

Answer 1

joint (n.)
c.1290, "a part of a body where two bones meet and move in contact with one another," from O.Fr. joint, from L. junctus, pp. of jungere "join" (see join). Slang meaning of "place, building, establishment" (esp. one where persons meet for shady activities) first recorded 1877, Amer.Eng., from an earlier Anglo-Irish sense (1821), perhaps on the notion of a side-room, one "joined" to a main room. The original U.S. sense was especially of "an opium-smoking den." Meaning "marijuana cigarette" (1938) is perhaps from notion of something often smoked in common, but there are other possibilities; earlier joint in drug slang meant "hypodermic outfit" (1935). Meaning "prison" is from 1953.

Answer 2

According to Cecil Adams (who published a newspaper column called 'the Straight Dope') (though 'Dope' meant 'facts' more than anything drug related)

In the March 12, 1938 issue of the New Yorker, Meyer Berger begins a story about a dope-smoking party with the words "It took weeks of dickering to get intoa marijuana party, because I am not a viper, which is the Harlem word for a marijuana smoker". In this article he references the words 'joint', 'roach' and 'the Man'. He also says that in the 1890s 'joint' was used for describing opium parlours.

Answer 3

Amer.Eng., from an earlier Anglo-Irish sense (1821), perhaps on the notion of a side-room, one "joined" to a main room. The original U.S. sense was especially of "an opium-smoking den." Meaning "marijuana cigarette" (1938) is perhaps from notion of something often smoked in common, but there are other possibilities; earlier joint in drug slang meant "hypodermic outfit" (1935).

Answer 4

i didn't write the song, if you wanted a drink you had to go to the joint to get it and that was where the drug dealers hung out was at the joint and later the joint was where you went if you got busted for having a JOINT

Answer 5

Because that is where you go if you are caught in possession of one. Joint is slang for jail or prison.

Answer 6

Because you have to join everything together to smoke it. Ciggy papers, tobacco, and roach. O, and not forgeting the weed/hash of course.

Answer 7

POT is for
Prats
or
T@ssers.
And can help some with certain medical conditions.
It is called a "joint" because it is where the boneheads join in the fun. Unless physically ill and in need.
--That Cheeky Lad

Answer 8

thats just what its called, i don't knowm i've smoked alot, but it doesn't mean i think about why a joint is called a joint or a ciggerate is called a ciggerate, i guess they just are

Answer 9

That stuff makes people V E R Y boring......

Answer 10

i dont know for sure but maybe its because you join the papers together .. i use to smoke along time ago!