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Washington state Dems brand the word ‘marijuana’ racist, strike it from all state laws

April 25, 2022 | | Print Article

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Woke Washington state Democrats have officially passed a bill unbelievably banning the word “marijuana” from all official state law and documents because it is “pejorative and racist,” swapping it out for the term “cannabis” instead.

Progressives in the state have also initiated a taxpayer-funded task force to help increase diversity by helping minorities break into the pot business, according to the Daily Wire.

Democratic Governor Jay Inslee enthusiastically signed the leftist diktat into law in March and it will go into effect in June.

Washington State Representative Melanie Morgan (D) proclaimed, “The term ‘marijuana’ itself is pejorative and racist.” She made the comment during testimony concerning House Bill 1210, which she sponsored.

“As recreational marijuana use became more popular, it was negatively associated with Mexican immigrants,” Morgan asserted. “Even though it seems simple because it’s just one word, the reality is we’re healing the wrongs that were committed against black and brown people around cannabis.”

Morgan also referred to Harry Anslinger, “the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (which later became the Drug Enforcement Administration) played a big role in the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which banned selling or possessing weed,” according to KRO 7.

“It was … Anslinger that said and I quote, ‘Marijuana is the most violent causing drug in the history of mankind. And most marijuana users are Negroes, Hispanic, Caribbean, and entertainers. Their satanic music, jazz, and swing result from marijuana usage,’” Morgan recited attempting to make her point.

Morgan previously blamed “racism” for the lack of diversity in the business.

“There are so many levels of racism in the white supremacist culture that is a part of our system that stops us,” Morgan told potguide.com.

Joy Hollingsworth, who is the owner of the family business Hollingsworth Cannabis Company, was fully supportive of Morgan, KRO 7 reports.

“She was the one who educated us on the term and how it was derogatory and we shouldn’t use it anymore,” Hollingsworth noted. “We have a lot of people, especially in the black community that went to prison over cannabis for years. That were locked up, separated from their nuclear family, which is huge.”

“It’s really painful for people to hear that word and it triggers them,” she claimed.

“We’ll take any win right? But we don’t want to get caught up on the performative equity piece where we’re just talking about words and not actual legislation and policy,” Hollingsworth said, calling for more diversity in the cannabis industry.

She went on to suggest that taxes from the sale of pot be redistributed to minority communities.

“We will feel like the industry has paid off when we see those funds get put into college scholarships. Maybe a family wanted to buy a home and they were from the Central District of Seattle, and they wanted to go back there because they were priced out. They could get a loan from those funds. Thinking about creative ways to make impactful scalable solutions in our community is what I’m looking for,” she said.

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19 thoughts on “Washington state Dems brand the word ‘marijuana’ racist, strike it from all state laws”

  4. I escaped Seattle in 1969 but I know there are hundreds of thousands of conservatives still trapped in that liberal insane asylum. May God have mercy on their miserable lives.

  5. Typical pussification of language: Hey Duke! Cannabis still means exactly the same thing as marijuana…how is it possible that this is how you manage to spend your time…through taxpayer funding…with nearly any other issue that could possibly be on your docket, easily a higher priority? This really isn’t a start at the bottom of the list of least-resistance tasks and work your way up kind of job. Put down the gummies and focus on something that will make an actual difference for your constituents. Crikey.

  7. The weak link in Washington is that the leadership is made up of followers, not leaders. Therefore, they wait for instructions on what can and cannot be accepted as truth: facts have nothing to do with their truths. A state full of moronic milquetoasts.

  8. THIS is what mail only voting for the last decade will get you. Majority Democrat control and every GOP that comes close to winning a critical seat is election-challenged until Democrats “find” enough ballots to win. This is the same sh*thole leftist control of the entire Left Coast.

  9. OMG, get a life! Somebody define the word marijuana for this idiot and ask what her plans are for the homeless and the ones urinating and dumping on the streets. Race. Real original. Sickening.

  10. I guess next they will ban the Spanish word “negro” so Spanish speaking people will have to call the color black the absence of white.

  11. From 1937? You can’t make this stuff up. I suppose it’s meant to distract from the lawlessness in Seattle, the homeless crisis, the crime, etc.

    1. And the mail only voting that keeps Democrats in power. BTW, guess who Biden has put in charge of his Federal election plans….Washington States ex-Sec of State Kim Wyman who destroyed the integrity of our state’s elections. Fair warning.

  12. MJ is associated with Mexican immigrants? HAHAHHAHA! I hope she gets smoked for this blatant racist comment!!!

  13. America would be much better off if the whole Left coast fell into the Pacific

  14. Do these morons have no idea what race is? I guess not considering they also have no idea what sex they are.

  15. How do you know someone is a dumb democrat and liberal … every word = racist. The blame game dem style is so stupid it’s not even funny.

    1. Devolving? It has been there for many years, the difference is the bucket has gotten so much bigger, and it is more full

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