Why do people call Marijuana "weed"?

Wouldn't it be cool if weed did grow like dandelions or something. It wouldnt really matter if it was illegal or not. Nobody would have to buy it cuz it would already be in their yard! I bet there would be a lot more yellow lawns..heh. People would be proud of it rather than trying to kill it. Id be like, man, how do the Smiths always have such a weedy lawn?? what IS their secret???

that would be heaven

The DEA classifies cannabis as a noxious weed. www.dea.gov

whats with all the new guys??? lol anyway names Ty hows everything going yall

thats because it is a weed

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Originally Posted by hihigh

When i think of weed i think of some obnoxious plant infesting my garden terrorizing all of my happy plants. Weeds serve no purpose and are an annoyance. They are usually dealt with by being pulled out of the ground by the root and smothered with pesticides.

weed isn't a good term to identify marijuana. weeds aren't good, marijuana is..


what gives?

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What do people call Cannabis "Marijuana?" :dance:

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Originally Posted by Reefer Rogue

What do people call Cannabis "Marijuana?" :dance:

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It's presumed to be derived from the Virgin Mary (Jane :p), but

What about the origin of the word marijuana? It was deliberately foisted upon the American public by a single FBI agent - Harry J. Anslinger. The FBI was created in order to fight the U.S.A.'s previous war on drugs - the prohibition of alcohol - and when "prohibition" ended many assumed that the FBI would be disbanded. Faced with the possibilty of having to find another job, agent Anslinger decided to whip up a drug scare, and he chose cannabis. The horror stories he told about this herb were completely fictitious and almost entirely racist. As part of his propaganda campaign he deliberately eschewed the English word hemp, the botanical term cannabis (from which we get canvas) and the users' word: muggles. The word he chose was an obscure Mexican slang term (derived from Maria Juana "Mary Jane", originally a brand of cheap cigarettes) in order to exploit the xenophobia of the public. Anslinger succeeded in making marijuana illegal by convincing the public that the plant would render decent white women susceptible to seduction by black men! This poisonous claptrap was widely accepted and even made it across the pond to Britain where it formed the main theme of a book called "Indian Hemp, a Social Menace" (1956).

LOL so Mary Jane used to be a brand of cigarettes, swallow that y'all. (damn, that's shitty) :D

yes and it is a verb
weed ,weed,weed
like this:
*what are you doing?
i am weeding and you?

lol

Why do people call it "pot" It's the gayest term I've ever heard. Pot....sounds so motherly.