Marijuana
A slang term for cannabis, generally used to describe the type of drug derived from the cannabis plant, which is cultivated to produce varying psychotropic effects in users.
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"Marijuana," as a slang term, has been popularized during the temperance movement In the early 20th century, an anglicized corruption of «marihuana» or «mariguana»—Spanish terms for cannabis—was used to racialize the concept of cannabis.
Today, the term "marijuana" is widely accepted as a Formal variation of the word "cannabis" in the United States and in South America. The term should be avoided in French, although it is translated as Marie-Jeanne, preferring to use the word «cannabis.».

