The number and complexity of ways that marijuana is used has increased in recent years. Most users roll loose marijuana into a cigarette (called a "joint" or a "nail") or smoke it in a pipe. One well-known type of pipe is a water pipe, also known as a bong. Some users mix marijuana into foods (like brownies or cookies) or use it to brew a tea.

In some cases, users combine marijuana with other drugs. Below are some names and ways that marijuana is used:

• A-bomb or Atom Bomb: Marijuana joint with heroin or opium
• Joint: Marijuana cigarette
• 3750, Oolies, P-dogs: Marijuana and crack cocaine rolled in a joint
• Banano: Marijuana joint laced with cocaine
• Blunt: Hollowed-out cigar filled with marijuana
• Woolah, Primo: Hollowed-out cigar filled with marijuana and crack
• B-40: A blunt smoked with a 40-ounce bottle of malt liquor
• Candy Blunt: A blunt dipped in cough syrup
• Caviar, Champagne: A combination of cocaine and marijuana
• Dust Blunt, Happy Stick, Wicky: A joint with PCP and marijuana
• Speedboat, Squirrel: A combination of marijuana, PCP and crack
• Spliff: A large marijuana cigarette