Think back, if you can, to a time where the world was quieter and calmer. Let your mind wander back to a bygone era, the sepia-toned past: 2015.<\/p>\n
Barack Obama was president of the United States. \u201cUptown Funk,\u201d Fetty Wap and Taylor Swift dominated the airwaves. And for a brief culture moment, when \u201cdabbing\u201d came up in conversation there was genuine confusion as to which dab was the topic of discussion \u2014 a\u00a0cannabis concentrate<\/a>\u00a0or the viral dance move?\u00a0<\/p>\n Concentrated cannabis has been around for thousands of years. It appeared first and foremost in the form of\u00a0hashish<\/a>, consumed in Hindu rituals in India and socially in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Morocco, before making its way to Europe in the midst of colonialism. Basically, human beings have been eating or smoking concentrated cannabis almost as long as they\u2019ve been eating or smoking cannabis flowers.<\/p>\n Cannabis concentrates as we know them, gooey and shiny and cannabinoid-rich, first hit the scene much more recently as extraction techniques advanced. The other kind of dab is also a newer invention, with origins that are easier to distill. It\u2019s an uncomplicated series of movements that amount to more of a gesture than a dance: tilt your head down while, in one motion, you bend one arm in front of your face and fully extend the other, angled both about 35 degrees upward with your hands karate-chop flat. This is the cannabis-free way to hit a dab.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to\u00a0BET<\/a>, the dance sprung out of the Atlanta hip hop scene around the same time the city began to spawn superstars like Young Thug and Quavo, Offset and Takeoff of rap trio\u00a0Migos<\/a>.<\/p>\n But the dab\u00a0really<\/em>\u00a0found its way into the national spotlight during a series of contentious touchdown celebrations performed by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, according to\u00a0Sports Illustrated<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n