In a historic shift, the U.S. moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, AP sources say.
  • Flying Squid
    11•1 year 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.’

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

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