Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoUS drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources sayapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1523arrow-down110cross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.netpolitics@lemmy.worldtrees@lemmy.world
arrow-up1513arrow-down1external-linkUS drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources sayapnews.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square126fedilinkcross-posted to: upliftingnews@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.netpolitics@lemmy.worldtrees@lemmy.world
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-27 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-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 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.”