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pnedito t1_j9ynp18 wrote

Reply to comment by Mijbr090490 in Fentanyl found in THC gummies sold in 3 Montgomery County smoke shops, DA warns by ImperialIIClass

Using the word 'Marijuana' endorses systemic legacy racism. I personally prefer to use the word 'cannabis', but really most other names like 'weed', trees, devil's lettuce, etc. are viable substitutes in place of 'Marijuana'.

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Fella_in_Paris_ t1_j9zqox2 wrote

Lmao tell me you’re trolling

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RoteRoteRoteRoteRote t1_j9ztmzq wrote

He's not trolling and historically he's correct. The term marijuana was mainly coined by the man who pushed to make it illegal and claimed marijuana made black men rape white women.

But .... Nowadays no one thinks of any of that when they say marijuana

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Miserable-Effective2 t1_ja0gnw4 wrote

I feel the same. Calling it "marijuana" is racist. It's like continuing to call Black people "colored" to me. Can we please just call it cannabis? I don't understand why you're getting a bunch of downvotes, you're right.

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JustABiViking420 t1_ja272sl wrote

Because it's a dumb thing to start being pissy and about when everyone has been calling it marijuana for decades. It obviously doesn't hold that connotation anymore, meanings behind words change and trying to erase the use of it now is not only pointless but give it that power over you

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