• Ballistic_86@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I don’t trust a news source still calling it marijuana. Marijuana is a Mexican weed that was used as racist propaganda against cannabis in the early 20th century.

    I’m happy to see the wide-spread adoption of cannabis. It’s non-addictive (it can be habit forming), you can’t overdose on it, and withdrawal is non-existent. Alcohol is addictive, you can def die from consuming too much in a single sitting, and withdrawal can literally kill you.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah, AP is good. But this does show a lack of understanding on the part of the author. I expect better of them.

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          It does show a lack of understanding, but I don’t expect better of them because that’s something that, in general, has been lost to history. It’s just not widely known. Plenty of regular cannabis users still call it marijuana.

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            My mother caught me high as fuck when I was ~16yo and asked me, “Have you been smoking the pot?”

            The pot.

            I laughed so hard it was impossible to lie that I wasn’t high.

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              5 months ago

              I have a vague memory of a comedian (Kevin Meaney maybe) talking about his dad asking him if he was “smoking the pot” whenever he said something his dad didn’t understand.

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      The nomenclature doesn’t really matter. In Oklahoma its called a “Medical Marijuana Card” you have to get to consume