Buggy whips

Slang for cannabis or hemp in the 1900-1920s.
Sources: The Des Moines Register, Sunday, May 05, 1929, page 83, and user comments on a reddit post r/TheWayWeWere.

“Remember when we spied the little brother and his pal behind the coal shed smoking buggy whips?”

by Bootsy5000 July 4, 2025