Far out, Man: Washington State Declares Term 'Marijuana' 'Racist,' Strikes It From State Law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% :Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind.
48% : Look, while I understand the idiocy of the view of marijuana in 1930s America, I also understand the idiocy of a plethora of views of 1930s America, and other decades, as well, that are no longer valid -- if many of them were in the first place.
45% : A new and deadly menace lurking behind closed doors: Marijuana!
41% : Memo to wingnut: black and brown people, along with white, red, green, striped, and glow-in-the-dark people are going to continue calling marijuana whatever the hell they now call it -- without missing a toke.

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