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Acapulco|ækəˈpʊlkəʊ| The name of the popular resort of Acapulco (de Juárez), in Guerrero state on the west coast of Mexico, used attrib. in Acapulco gold to designate a variety of marijuana grown locally (see quot. 1965). Also ellipt. as Acapulco.
1965Marijuana Newslet. 30 Jan. in R. R. Lingeman Drugs from A to Z (1969) 1 Acapulco gold. This is a special grade of pot growing only in the vicinity of Acapulco. The color is either brownish gold or a mixture of gold and green. This grade has a potency surpassed by few of the green varieties and usually comes at slightly higher prices or in short weights. 1968–70Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) III–IV. 1 Acapulco, best grade of marijuana.—Watts. 1974M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. i. 13 He has been enticed by ‘notes from the underground’, exalting the wonders of ‘acid’ and ‘Acapulco gold’. 1981Amer. N. & Q. XX. 21/2 A number of names refer to the place of origin of a particular type: Acapulco gold, Canadian black, Chicago green, [etc.]. |