@Wilshire to News • 9 months agoUS drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources sayapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square126arrow-up1526arrow-down110cross-posted to: upliftingnewspolitics[email protected]trees
arrow-up1516arrow-down1external-linkUS drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources sayapnews.com@Wilshire to News • 9 months agomessage-square126cross-posted to: upliftingnewspolitics[email protected]trees
minus-squareFlying Squidlink10•edit-29 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_CrablinkEnglish1•9 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.”