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\u201cWeed,\u201d \u201cpot,\u201d \u201cganja,\u201d \u201cMary Jane,\u201d and over 300 other slang terms<\/a> are used to refer to the products of the plant scientifically named Cannabis sativa L. <\/em>The dominant name used in regulation and policy discourse for the majority of states<\/a> with legal cannabis is “marijuana,” but controversy<\/a> over the word\u2019s racist history calls into question whether the term \u201cmarijuana\u201d should fall out of use.<\/p>\n

The word \u201cmarijuana\u201d originates from the Mexican-Spanish term \u201cmarihuana\u201d or \u201cmariguana,\u201d and the earliest record of its usage dates back to the 19th century in Mexico. The word has authentic indigenous Mexican heritage with valid cultural and historical significance. Given the cultural history of the name, it seems like it wouldn\u2019t be racist to keep calling your favorite plant \u201cmarijuana.\u201d However, the story becomes more complicated when we examine the word\u2019s problematic history in the United States during the 1930s and through the continuing legal war on drugs.<\/p>\n

The Word ‘Marijuana’: ‘The Devil\u2019s Weed’<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Throughout the 19th century<\/a>, cannabis plants were grown and used by white Americans under the name \u201chemp,\u201d or in the psychoactive form, \u201ccannabis.\u201d It wasn\u2019t until the rise of efforts to illegalize the drug that it took on names with negative connotations, such as \u201cmurder weed\u201d or \u201cthe devil\u2019s weed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beginning with the Mexican Revolution in 1910, the U.S. saw an influx of tens of thousands of Mexican immigrants in the southwest. Anti-drug campaigners exploited escalating anti-Mexican immigrant prejudices by adopting the Spanish word \u201cmarijuana\u201d to frame the drug as something foreign and threatening.<\/p>\n

The prohibitionist crusade\u2019s most notorious figure was Henry Anslinger, the director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from 1930-1962, who set out to place a federal ban on cannabis in the 1930s. Anslinger\u2019s propaganda relied largely on racist narratives, and in his testimony before Congress calling for the federal prohibition of cannabis, he claims<\/a>, \u201cMost marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage.” The term was meant to frighten \u201cwhite\u201d Americans<\/a> because of its association with outsider invasion and existing xenophobic anxieties.<\/p>\n

Propagandists made it seem like cannabis was a dangerous drug that caused people to become violent, and these descriptions consequently became associated with brown and black people who were disproportionately framed as users of the drug. This is why many people see the word \u201cmarijuana\u201d as a racist term for cannabis. The term was used not only to demonize the plant in American propaganda in the early days of cannabis prohibition but also to marginalize and criminalize the non-white people who were stereotyped as users of the plant\u2019s derivatives.<\/p>\n

Whitewashing a Plant\u2019s Heritage<\/strong><\/h2>\n

However, some say that promoting the erasure of the word \u201cmarijuana\u201d whitewashes the cultural history of Cannabis sativa L. <\/em>\u00a0Use of the word \u201cmarijuana\u201d to give the derivatives of the cannabis sativa <\/em>plant negative connotations does not necessarily make the term \u201cmarijuana\u201d inherently racist. In fact, by asserting that \u201cmarijuana\u201d is a racist word, we erase the history of the word\u2019s usage that preceded anti-drug propaganda. If we assert that the word \u201cmarijuana\u201d is racist, the white history of misusing the word \u201cmarijuana\u201d comes to replace the Mexican cultural history from which the word was appropriated.<\/p>\n

Moreover, switching to the more<\/a> \u201cscientific\u201d term \u201ccannabis\u201d implies the superiority of the white-dominated scientific tradition over the non-white cultural practices associated with the plant. When we assign \u201ccannabis\u201d the status of being the \u201cproper\u201d term, we perpetuate the ideology of white epistemic authority that has historically served to undermine non-white traditions.<\/p>\n

For some people<\/a> of Mexican heritage, the word \u201cmarijuana\u201d represents the cultural traditions associated with cannabis flowers, such as indigenous practices, popular culture, and folk medicine. The term \u201cmarijuana\u201d signifies the value of Mexican contribution to global cannabis culture, and disposing of the term is potentially disrespectful to the communities and cultures that share a deeply historical relationship to the plant.<\/p>\n

The Power of Words<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The word \u201cmarijuana\u201d has a complicated history, and the problem of whether or not it should remain in the cannabis lexicon doesn\u2019t seem to have a clear-cut answer. Perhaps it should be reserved for use by certain individuals. Perhaps it should be considered inappropriate in some contexts but not others. Or perhaps we should judge the appropriateness of the word by the intent of the user.<\/p>\n

Regardless of your support for or opposition to using the name, it is important to consider the history associated with \u201cmarijuana,\u201d because it serves as a reminder that our words can be powerful. A word can have significant consequences, such as preserving cultural values or promoting racism. Debates about nomenclature aside, at least it is clear that whether we prefer \u201cchronic,\u201d \u201cbud,\u201d \u201creefer,\u201d or the controversial \u201cmarijuana,\u201d we are all ultimately connected by a shared enthusiasm for a very special plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWeed,\u201d \u201cpot,\u201d \u201cganja,\u201d \u201cMary Jane,\u201d and over 300 other slang terms are used to refer to the products of the plant scientifically named Cannabis sativa L. The dominant name used in regulation and policy discourse for the majority of states with legal cannabis is “marijuana,” but controversy over the word\u2019s racist history calls into question…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":28628,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[52,14227,14224,129,14225,14223,180,14226,10467,222,14228],"class_list":["post-27950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-cannabis","tag-cultural-heritage","tag-ganja","tag-marijuana","tag-mary-jane","tag-pot","tag-prohibition","tag-racist-history","tag-terminology","tag-weed","tag-xenophobia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nShould We Stop Using the Word 'Marijuana'?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Marijuana is the most common non-scientific word for cannabis\u2014but should we be using it? 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