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As marijuana goes mainstream, what's happening to the way we talk about weed?

  • Written by Frank Nuessel, Professor of Spanish, Italian and Linguistics, University of Louisville
As marijuana goes mainstream, what's happening to the way we talk about weed?Pharmacy or marijuana dispensary?Scott Sonner/AP Photo

For decades, the marijuana industry operated underground, outside the confines of the law.

But even though at the federal level, possession and the use and sale of marijuana remain illegal, 29 states and the District of Columbia now allow medicinal marijuana to be sold for the treatment of...

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