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beltanefauve

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6. True
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 12:35 AM
Apr 2016

The word "cannabis " is all-encompassing ,describes the whole plant, and treats the plant as medicine.

Hearst thought that cannabis crops would interfere with his timber interests. He owned hundreds of newspapers, and orchestrated a propaganda campaign featuring black and brown men committing acts of violence and lawlessness. He took the Mexican folk name, meaning Mary Jane, and called it marihuana.

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Branding is everything. Aristus Apr 2016 #1
K&R! stonecutter357 Apr 2016 #2
That makes more sense! B Calm Apr 2016 #3
Yep. And never use "marijuana" ghostsinthemachine Apr 2016 #4
True beltanefauve Apr 2016 #6
Recreational alcoholics might disagree. immoderate Apr 2016 #5
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