How to Use marijuana in a Sentence

marijuana

noun
Definition of marijuananext
  • In the man’s car, police found a grinder and a small amount of marijuana.
    — cleveland, 11 June 2020
  • The room where people could smoke marijuana would be sequestered from the rest of the retail store.
    — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Farmer allegedly asked the witness to get his marijuana out of the car.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2021
  • In the process of the passenger moving, police saw in the car marijuana.
    — cleveland, 15 Sep. 2021
  • No marijuana plants were stolen — and there were giant footprints around the scene.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The man had five grams of marijuana in his sweatshirt pocket.
    — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2020
  • Then came the yacht kids, with their medical marijuana and toned physiques.
    — New York Times, 12 May 2020
  • The new law also allows Ohio adults to grow up to six marijuana plants at home, with a 12-plant cap on households with two or more adults.
    — Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Kansas Democrats tried to force a vote on legal marijuana last week.
    — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • It can be found in both hemp and marijuana plants — both are technically cannabis but hemp must have less than 0.3% THC present.
    — Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
  • Anyone 21 or older can buy and carry up to an ounce of marijuana.
    — Laurel Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2020
  • For the second time in three years, the Kentucky House passed a bill last week to legalize and regulate medical marijuana in the state.
    — Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 24 Mar. 2022
  • When asked about the odor and if there was any marijuana in the Jeep, the driver -- without making eye contact -- denied having any in the vehicle.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 29 July 2020
  • Pujols’ gun and White’s marijuana were found in the vehicle.
    — Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 12 Dec. 2020
  • According to a 2017 Yahoo News and Marist poll, that's how many American adults have used marijuana at some point in their lives.
    — Nicholas Reimann, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Police found an empty bottle of tequila in the SUV but no marijuana.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Who knew it would be done so poignantly on this HBO series about a Brooklyn marijuana dealer?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Officials also found a marijuana pipe and blunt in one of the children’s backpacks.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2024
  • Kober, known in 2015 as a local methamphetamine and marijuana dealer around Livermore, was serving life for killing a longtime friend at the fourth hole of a golf course that year.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The medical marijuana has to be purchased legally outside Kentucky and amounts to less than eight ounces.
    — Joe Sonka, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Anyone who is fired from a job for using medical marijuana, even off the job, has the burden of suing the employer.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Residents would also be allowed to legally grow up to three marijuana plants in their homes and cannabis products could be sold in licensed stores.
    — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The state law allows for the delivery of medical marijuana this year and recreational cannabis in 2021.
    — Thomas Peipert, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2020
  • At least two states have recreational marijuana on their ballots this year.
    — Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Businessman James George bought the building in 2017 and was awarded a license to grow, dispense and process medical marijuana in the building.
    — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Two sources claimed that Miller’s home was unsafe for children, alleging there was frequent marijuana use around the children and guns were left around the home unattended.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2023
  • While responding, the 75-year-old rock icon compared his marijuana use to tobacco use.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Police say the men also made a stop to sell synthetic marijuana at an apartment complex.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 10 Oct. 2021
  • But two are new to the mainstream market, so which legal industry is better marijuana or sports betting?
    — Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Officers also allegedly found him in possession of two marijuana blunts in a cigar box and a 9mm handgun.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024

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