Quote Originally Posted by Oneironaut
I'm not a big fan of calling it marihuana/marijuana, if only because that word was popularized by Harry Anslinger in his attempts to get it associated with the Mexicans, who he clearly viewed as inferior beings.

...... "Cannabis" is a very old word whose origins can be traced back to the ancient Scythian language. ...... In fact, the English word "canvas" also comes from the word "cannabis", because it used to be that all canvases were made out of cannabis.
Very nice and useful lesson on the etymology of cannabis! And good backup of LIP's original hunch.

Rep to you bro!

BTW I call it cannabis because that's what Carl Linnaeus classified it as... my garden plants have their Latin names on their tags... why should the sacred Herb be any different? For example, my Afghans are "Cannabis indica L. var. "Afghani Dream".

This thread is hysterical!!!!