Cambodian red

English

Noun

Cambodian red (uncountable)

1. A variety of cannabis from Cambodia.
   • 1973, Brian Wells, Psychedelic drugs, page 166:

     It is claimed that, by the beginning of 1971, virtually all soldiers were smoking the drug and that the favourite brand 'Cambodian Red', at fifty cents for a packet of twenty, was both readily available and exceedingly potent.

   • 1995, Norman L. Russell, Doug Grad, Suicide Charlie: A Vietnam War Story, page 191:

     Nighttime was a good time to light up, but I didn't smoke marijuana much. […] He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed.