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Topic91 percent of Americans support legal marijuana
Giant_Aspirin
04/23/21 12:06:49 PM
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CalypsoDoom posted...
I'm saying that bc marijuana actually is rooted in anti Latino sentiment,

what now? i know the criminalization of literal nature had everything to do with protecting coprorate profits and racism, but the term 'marijuana' itself is racist? that's new to me and i couldn't find anything mentioned here:

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/07/14/201981025/the-mysterious-history-of-marijuana

but there are lots of gems like

Police officers in Texas claimed that marijuana incited violent crimes, aroused a "lust for blood," and gave its users "superhuman strength." Rumors spread that Mexicans were distributing this "killer weed" to unsuspecting American schoolchildren.

and

They are a very undesirable lot and the habit is growing in California very fast; the fear is now that it is not being confined to the Hindoos alone but that they are initiating our whites into this habit.

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