The practice or state of regularly using cannabis, or a condition resulting from habitual cannabis use.
From 'cannabis' plus the suffix '-ism' meaning a practice, condition, or doctrine. Formed in the 19th century when cannabis studies were emerging.
The term 'cannabism' appears in 1840s medical papers discussing cannabis use in Victorian medicine—a reminder that doctors prescribed it regularly before prohibition changed everything.
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