Posted on 04/25/2022 10:29:29 AM PDT by servo1969
Democrats in Washington state are cracking down on marijuana — not the actual drug, the word itself.
The Evergreen State legislature recently passed a bill banning the word “marijuana” from official state law and documents over concerns that it is “racist.” At the same time, to help increase diversity in the cannabis business, a taxpayer-funded task force has been spending the last two years focusing on helping minorities in Washington state break into the marijuana business.
“The term ‘marijuana’ itself is pejorative and racist,” Washington state Representative Melanie Morgan (D) said during testimony regarding the piece of legislation officially known as House Bill 1210, which she also sponsored.
“As recreational marijuana use became more popular, it was negatively associated with Mexican immigrants,” Morgan added. “Even though it seems simple because it’s just one word, the reality is we’re healing the wrongs that were committed against Black and Brown people around cannabis.”
Democratic Governor Jay Inslee signed the bill into law in March and it will go into effect in June.
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No I will call it Marijuana. That is its name. Has nothing to do with race. You are not going to tell me what words I can and can’t say. That is leftist game playing
How bout “doobage”?
Oh we have plenty of problems - starting with the fact that we’re awash with Dhimmicrats!
Yes, good observations. Nailed it.
Courage!
Thus John Barleycorn?
He must die.
I suppose skunk weed is right out then?
I was familiar with the name, but never knew the story:
https://www.learnreligions.com/the-legend-of-john-barleycorn-2562157
Fridays was so much better than SNL then.
Yeah this is gotta be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard of on top of a mountain of dumb things.
because the English could not decide if the word ‘maize’ should be ‘maze’, ‘myze’, or ‘maisey’, so one of them had a problem on one of their toes that rezembled a kernel, and called that ‘a corn’, and so it stuck!
I kind of like this. Now I can say ‘such a marijuana’
The movie Reefer Madness was made back in the era when MJ was not only made illegal but somehow deemed a schedule one narcotic. No Mexicans in the movie; in fact, not a single minority.
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