A slang term for someone who frequently uses hashish or cannabis, particularly in 1960s-70s counterculture.
Compound of 'hash' (hashish) + 'head' (a suffix for users of substances, like 'pothead'). Emerged in 1960s slang as part of drug culture vocabulary.
This word shows how countercultures create their own vocabulary—drug slang from the 1960s revealed generational identity and attitudes toward authority that words alone couldn't express.
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