In reply to Ryan Hellyer.

Because it's a slang term that only stigmatizes that it comes from/originates in Mexico and causes reefer madness. https://www.livescience.com/48337-marijuana-history-how-cannabis-travelled-world.html

I drink, smoke tobacco and like guns (cannot possess them do to having a medical cannabis card) but I don't refer to the ATF as "Truth syrup, cancer sticks and widow makers".