Throughout the 19th century, news reports and medical journal articles almost always use the plant’s formal name, cannabis. Numerous accounts say that “marijuana” came into popular usage in the U.S. in the early 20th century because anti-cannabis factions wanted to underscore the drug’s “Mexican-ness.” It was meant to play off of anti-immigrant sentiments.

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    2 months ago

    I’m gonna smoke me a Mary J. Wana
    Y’all ain’t can stop me, I’m totally gonna
    Bake me a stoned like a sunny iguana
    I’m gonna smoke me a Mary J. Wana

    I’m gonna hash pipe to high me my head
    Mellow my jello from born until dead
    Teq’ me no 'quila, no pills blue and red
    I’m gonna hash pipe to high me my head

    I’m gonna weed me some grassical pots
    Look you my dime bag 'cause that’s what I gots
    Ain’t gonna shoot me no heroin shots
    Just gonna weed me some grassical pots