> Cannabis was named "marijuana" by American newspapers for the express purpose of associating it with Mexican immigrants Again, this is just silly. This is fi

> Cannabis was named "marijuana" by American newspapers for the express purpose of associating it with Mexican immigrants Again, this is just silly. This is finding connections where there are none. Drug users rarely use medical terms for the drugs. The use coke for cocaine, molly for MDMA, crystal for methamphetamine, and marijuana for certain forms of cannabis. It's people who sell drugs, and drug users give the names for them. Not newspapers. > The criminalisation of cannabis was started by racism Original commenter posted a link explaining cannabis was banned because of fight with hippies. It had nothing to do with race. But even that is very far fetched: all drugs were criminalized over time.