That marijuana should be referred to in newspapers and news stories as ‘weed’?
These states now have legal weed and what states could follow in 2020
(OzarksFirst, which is KOZL, KOLR-10, and KRBK in Springfield)
Long lines in Collinsville greet first day of recreational weed sales in Illinois
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Wisconsin will soon become an island surrounded by legal weed
(Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
Nearly $3.2 million in legal weed was sold in Illinois on the first day of sales, marking one of the strongest showings in the history of marijuana legalization
(Chicago Tribune)
Springfield News-Leader
I noticed this with the breathless (I think we know why the journalists were holding their breath) coverage of the whole sorta legalization thing in the Springfield News-Leader, but I’m hard-pressed to think of another thing referred to consistently in slang terms in the news media.
