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A sign for "Phillies" cigars features in Edward Hooper's legendary painting "Nighthawks." By the 1990s, "Blunts" had become shorthand for marijuana rolled in the leaf of the Phillie's cigar. How did the company become almost universally understood as a seller of packing material for marijuana?

by /u/incogburritos in /r/AskHistorians

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