# Origin of marijuana cigs rolled in cigar wrappers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-marijuana-cigs-rolled-in-cigar-wrappers/359939>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 8, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-marijuana-cigs-rolled-in-cigar-wrappers/359939 "2006-06-08T19:22:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Don\_Logan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Don\_Logan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Logan)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-marijuana-cigs-rolled-in-cigar-wrappers/359939/1 "2006-06-08T19:22:36Z")

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Another marijuana post (my fav)- Just got through reading the amazingly detailed Wikipedia article on “blunts” and noticed the History section was lacking any actual history. Does anyone know where this process originated and who originated it?

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**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-marijuana-cigs-rolled-in-cigar-wrappers/359939/2 "2006-06-08T20:14:21Z")

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Paging Tommy Chung… Paging Tommy Chung…

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**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-marijuana-cigs-rolled-in-cigar-wrappers/359939/3 "2006-06-08T20:15:25Z")

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[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD]  
Paging Tommy Chung… Paging Tommy Chung…  
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:smack: CHONG - I meant CHONG

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-marijuana-cigs-rolled-in-cigar-wrappers/359939/4 "2006-06-08T23:42:44Z")

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A long time ago, I read that Jamaican marijuana smokers mixed it with tobacco. One way they did it was to dig out part of the tobacco in a cigar or cigarette and replace it with marijuana.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-marijuana-cigs-rolled-in-cigar-wrappers/359939/5 "2006-06-08T23:57:04Z")

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I invented it.