In a historic shift, the U.S. moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP sources say.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    111·
    6 months ago

    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.’

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      6 months ago

      And you can generally tell how scary the speaker wants it to be by how gutturally they pronounce the “j.”