Interesting Read, for all you stoners.

Subject: Interesting Read, for all you stoners. Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:26 am

http://www.tiredofbeingalive.com/read/whymari-1.htm

Check it out, I enjoyed the read, though it is a bit lengthy.

Here's a quote to get you started and spark some intrests:

Quote :: Why does the government refer to the plant scientifically classified as Cannabis, by it's Mexican nickname ¿Marijuana?
The police, for example, will arrest you on "possession of marijuana" charges, not cannabis.
Yet every other "drug" (cocaine, heroin, etc) no nickname is ever used for official proceedings.
What I'm saying is, you don't stand in front of a judge charged with "possession of blow" on the court documents.

The name marijuana (Mexican Spanish marihuana, mariguana) is now well known in English (solely) due to the efforts of American drug prohibitionists during the 1920s and 1930s, who deliberately used a Mexican name for cannabis in order to turn the populace against the idea that it should be legal. (see 1937 Marijuana Tax Act)

Subject: Re: Interesting Read, for all you stoners. Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:58 am

wow, that WAS informative

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