• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Which is why I refuse to call it ‘marijuana.’ It’s a word making it sound Spanish and therefore a threat from down south. It’s from Asia, not Latin America. The name, in English, makes no sense- unless you want to demonize it.

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      9 months ago

      I didn’t actually know that but I suspected it, with indica being one of the two most familiar species.* It was actually a shower thought I had last night, just before I ultimately forgot to take an edible (or ultimately didn’t bother because tbqf these gummies are just revolting).

      *I thought sativa might have indicated a south Asian origin but that is actually just the Latin for “cultivated”.