@Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 2 months agoUS drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources sayapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1526arrow-down110cross-posted to: goodnews@kbin.socialupliftingnews@lemmy.worldweedtime@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.netpolitics@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstrees@lemmy.world
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minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink10•edit-22 months agoBefore that, it was a Mexican person drug, which is why it’s called marijuana to many people. It was a scare tactic. “These Mexicans smoke MARIJUANA!” And why I will only call it things like ‘cannabis’ and ‘weed.’
minus-square@Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoAnd you can generally tell how scary the speaker wants it to be by how gutturally they pronounce the “j.”
Before that, it was a Mexican person drug, which is why it’s called marijuana to many people. It was a scare tactic. “These Mexicans smoke MARIJUANA!” And why I will only call it things like ‘cannabis’ and ‘weed.’
And you can generally tell how scary the speaker wants it to be by how gutturally they pronounce the “j.”