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[โ€“] workerONE@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It's Canabis with one n.

Also it's Cannabis in English.

"Numerous accounts say that "marijuana" came into popular usage in the U.S. in the early 20th century because anti-cannabis factions wanted to underscore the drug's "Mexican-ness." It was meant to play off of anti-immigrant sentiments."

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/07/14/201981025/the-mysterious-history-of-marijuana

[โ€“] Godric@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

That is indeed the joke