Throughout the 19th century, news reports and medical journal articles almost always use the plant’s formal name, cannabis. Numerous accounts say that “marijuana” came into popular usage in the U.S. in the early 20th century because anti-cannabis factions wanted to underscore the drug’s “Mexican-ness.” It was meant to play off of anti-immigrant sentiments.

  • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Just lol @ the notion that smoking weed magically makes white women attracted to you, I can’t believe people fell for that bullshit

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      2 months ago

      Typical maga thinking honestly. Why wouldn’t she want to be with a “real man” (you know, a god fearing conservative macho white guy) instead of a guy like that? (you know, a non-white guy, or a soyboy, or whatever slur they are using at the moment) - must be drugs!

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        2 months ago

        Yeah “why is she with a black guy instead of me? Must be the weed” Like, no you dumbass he treats her like a person and you treat her like something you deaerve