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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Wed Jul 10, 2019, 09:29 AM Jul 2019

"Marijuana" is a name founded in racism [View all]

Jack Herer (RIP) covers the history in his book:

https://jackherer.com/emperor-3/

Back in the day the authorities wanted a scary sounding Mexican name so they came up with "marijuana" to prey on people's racism.

It's cannabis.
That's it's non-racist name.

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