A Note on Selected Names of Colorado Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. (3rd April 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- A Note on Selected Names of Colorado Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. (3rd April 2017)
- Main Title:
- A Note on Selected Names of Colorado Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
- Authors:
- Nuessel, Frank
- Abstract:
- Abstract : This article offers information about the names of marijuana dispensaries in Colorado. First, it provides a brief overview of popular cultural references to the drug in film and music. Second, it considers its medical uses. Third, it examines legal issues related to its sale and use. Fourth, it reviews briefly the slang terminology for marijuana. Fifth, it discusses the notion of "dispensary." Sixth, it utilizes an existing database of 424 names for medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado. Finally, it considers selected linguistic aspects of the names for marijuana dispensaries in Colorado.
- Is Part Of:
- Names. Volume 65:Number 2(2017)
- Journal:
- Names
- Issue:
- Volume 65:Number 2(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 65, Issue 2 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 65
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0065-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 112
- Page End:
- 120
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04-03
- Subjects:
- cannabis -- dispensaries -- law -- marijuana -- medical marijuana -- placenames -- slang
Onomastics -- Periodicals
Names -- Periodicals
929.9705 - Journal URLs:
- http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?db=hlh&jid=2KE&scope=site ↗
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http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/nam ↗
https://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/00277738.2017.1304103 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0027-7738
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- Legaldeposit
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