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It’s summer, and that means it’s time to get together with friends and family, some of whom definitely partake. Do you have a playlist for these times? It’s not hard to put together a banging summer soundtrack for these barbecues, parties, and al fresco sessions.

A cannabis-themed collection of cuts will inevitably include chestnuts such as Peter Tosh’s “Legalize It,” Luniz’s “I Got 5 on It,” or virtually anything from Snoop Dogg. Compiling a list of all the songs I could think of that have a reference to cannabis in some form—growing, smuggling, consuming, selling—quickly turned into a lengthy yet enjoyable YouTube rabbit-hole session. Cannabis is referenced in nearly every musical genre, save for Christian music. (And as far as that last category goes, there may be some pro-weed Christian artists of which I am not aware, but the “Puff Puff Pray” tracks are few and far between, if they even exist.)

Joshua Jardine Taylor is the Mercury's Senior Cannabis columnist and correspondent, and has written "Cannabuzz" since 2015.