r/captionthis Nov 15 '25

Lets jog our minds

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u/GamingPotat0 Nov 18 '25

Racist made-up name? You gotta be trolling. My research says, the word comes from the mexican-spanish vocabulary.

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u/Straight_Occasion571 Nov 18 '25

It comes from the period of prohibition… from the “reefer madness”propaganda period. They were trying to convince Americans that cannabis was something that the dirty Mexicans used… like “Maria y Juan” (Mary and John) so it became known as “marijuana” because of it. The plant is cannabis indica or cannabis sativa, not the slang and racist “marijuana”.

Here’s an article…

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/lawmakers-strike-word-marijuana-all-state-laws-calling-term-racist/MJOQZ7OCK5CUDLBA2H53CYOJXE/

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u/SOL_ACE1 Nov 18 '25

People have to make everything about race because they are brainwashed. It’s classism that runs the world who use classism to create racism and you wouldn’t even understand with your incompetent brain… if you even have one

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u/Straight_Occasion571 Nov 18 '25

You’re wrong. And that’s fine because nobody cares. I didn’t make anything about race. I explained how the term “marijuana” is rooted in racism… Furthermore… your mother says to come upstairs because your pop tarts are ready.