US Senators: Stop Using Racist Term, Demands American Cannabis Report

In a letter to each US Senator, The American Cannabis Report demands that Senators stop using the
racist term "marijuana" and instead discuss cannabis using its proper name. The word "marijuana"
was introduced to Congress in 1937 to scare citizens and legislators about Mexican immigrants. It
was intentionally misspelled "marihuana" to make it sound exotic. Today US Senators are still using
this racist word and misspelling, perhaps out of ignorance of its past. It's time to call it cannabis.

Los Angeles, CA, August 04, 2017 --(PR.com)-- One hundred United States Senators received letters
this week from the publisher of the American Cannabis Report demanding that they immediately stop
using the racist word 'marijuana' in the US Senate and its documents.

Publisher Christopher Smith states, Using the word 'marijuana' is an egregious wrong that has been
perpetuated for almost a century, yet has become so subtly embedded in the American lexicon that many
are not aware of its sinister background."

Long before cannabis was legalized as a medicinal treatment in 29 states and the District of Columbia, the
plant played an important role in American history. In the 1700's it was grown by George Washington
and Thomas Jefferson when Virginia and other states required farmers to grow it. Drafts of the
Declaration of Independence were likely written on hemp paper. Until the 1930's it was a staple
component in textiles, rope fiber, and paper products, and was widely used by major pharmaceutical
companies in their medicines.

Then in 1937, an anti-drug crusader introduced a Latin-sounding name - "marijuana" - to the US

Congress. In documents he added an 'h' in the middle forcing an extra-exotic enunciation. The
Spanish-sounding term was intentionally chosen to reinforce fear in legislators and anger in everyday
Americans by linking the plant to the large influx of Mexicans at the time.

The prejudiced word "marijuana" was spread by a vast propaganda campaign supported by industrialists
whose business interests conflicted with cannabis. The word "marihuana" and its racist taint have stuck
for 80 years. Most shockingly, its purposeful mis-spelling continues in Congressional documents.

Now, with legalization replacing the black market, and over 90% of Americans supporting legalization
for medicinal use, it's time for our elected representatives to eradicate this racist word in our highest
legislative bodies.

It's time for US Senators to speak the truth and finally call it "Cannabis."

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Pierce Fenwick
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