So tired smelling pot everywhere!!!

[White Cat]

It’s sad people want that stuff to get though life.

 

[dvcgirl67]

LOL. Hey, I have a simple solution so those of us who cannot stand the smell don't have to just "live with it."

EDIBLES. Win-Win. You get your high, I don't have to smell you.

Yes...I agree. I'm not one who imbibes in pot...in any form, I don't like how it makes me feel. But from everyone I know who takes edibles (and that number seems to grow daily)....it's more difficult to control when the high hits you.

 

[TippyThomas]

I'd much rather be around a group of high people as opposed to a group of drunk people. I don't enjoy the smell either though. High people around the campfire are a blast, the drunk ones not so much.

 

[mom2rtk]

I’m old enough that in my first job, people had ashtrays with burning cigarettes sitting on their desks. The smell was awful. My first airline flight had a smoking section so the fog of smoke in the cabin just hovered. I was so happy when we as a society finally decided to do something about this and cleaned up the air for everybody.

Where we have gone now with pot is so disappointing. It’s a 180° turn back to that old world where everything stunk.

But there’s big money being made right now. And big money is going to do what big money does.

 

[mom2rtk]

I thought the same thing....but I'm with everyone on this. I'm totally cool with legalized weed, but I don't enjoy the smell of it at all.

The stench is part and parcel with legalizing it. I smell it all the time coming from cars next to me at stoplights.

 

[ronandannette]

The stench is part and parcel with legalizing it. I smell it all the time coming from cars next to me at stoplights.

Using an intoxicant while driving?!? That can't be legal were you are, is it?

 

[mom2rtk]

Using an intoxicant while driving?!? That can't be legal were you are, is it?

It’s not. But once everybody has it and it’s out there, what are you going to do? People will do stupid stuff.

I see expired car tags from three or four years ago and they aren’t being pulled over. I’m pretty sure the police aren’t going to start pulling people over because they smell something in the car.

 

[dvcgirl67]

The stench is part and parcel with legalizing it. I smell it all the time coming from cars next to me at stoplights.

Yes, I agree...that goes with the territory. And I've seen people out in public smoking weed. Recently saw a guy with an Uber sign outside of his car getting high.

Another one is a building where I go in to walk an occasional dog in my town. They've had the same doorman for at least ten years, but he moved on and they hired a young kid...early 20s. Every time I'd go in there I'd smell weed. I'm sure he was smoking it outside, but his clothes just reeked of it. I finally said to him...."hey, just some friendly advice, everyone in the building is talking about how the lobby smells like weed, and so if you don't stop, you're going to lose your job." He said, "oh, the owners are talking about me?". I said...yes, because they were.

Somewhere in his mind, "legal" meant that he could just smoke whenever. Anyway, the week after I spoke to him....there was a new doorwoman who had replaced him.

 

[JLTraveling]

I'd much rather be around a group of high people as opposed to a group of drunk people. I don't enjoy the smell either though. High people around the campfire are a blast, the drunk ones not so much.

I learned this as a kid 30 years ago. My parents took me to Woodstock 94. The first couple of days, everybody around us was smoking pot (not us), and the vibe was so chill and relaxed. Saturday night was a lot of the bigger well-known bands and the gate crashing started, people tearing down sections of the fence and just coming in with huge coolers of alcohol. That was the night that things got kinda rough. Sunday morning they were all long gone and it was just us and the potheads again, and things were again relaxed and fun.

 

[BrianL]

Yes. Because you can't smoke your country has lost its marbles.

I think what he means is that if it's not okay to smoke a tobacco cigarette it shouldn't be okay to smoke weed either. And it shouldn't. I don't want to smell or inhale the smoke from either one - and yet, one has become pretty accepted in so many places. I don't really care if people do either - in their own homes away from the public.

 

[JLTraveling]

I think what he means is that if it's not okay to smoke a tobacco cigarette it shouldn't be okay to smoke weed either. And it shouldn't. I don't want to smell or inhale the smoke from either one - and yet, one has become pretty accepted in so many places. I don't really care if people do either - in their own homes away from the public.

I smoke cigarettes (I know, I know) and I agree. I do think it's batty that people are free to smoke weed (a MUCH stronger smell) pretty much wherever and whenever, but I can't smoke cigarettes in those same places. But honestly, I'm a respectful smoker and do my best to get away from anyone who may be nearby, and I wish the pot smokers would do the same.

 

[mjkacmom]

I think what he means is that if it's not okay to smoke a tobacco cigarette it shouldn't be okay to smoke weed either. And it shouldn't. I don't want to smell or inhale the smoke from either one - and yet, one has become pretty accepted in so many places. I don't really care if people do either - in their own homes away from the public.

Pot is legal here and we have some of the toughest smoking laws, if you can’t smoke a cigarette somewhere, you can’t smoke pot either. Is it different elsewhere? I’m all for the legalization, I like my wine but think pot has less issues than alcohol. People are complaining about the smell, did they not grow up with smoking in the house, in the car, in theaters, banks, offices, grocery stores, airplanes, trains, schools, restaurants?

 

[mom2rtk]

Pot is legal here and we have some of the toughest smoking laws, if you can’t smoke a cigarette somewhere, you can’t smoke pot either. Is it different elsewhere? I’m all for the legalization, I like my wine but think pot has less issues than alcohol. People are complaining about the smell, did they not grow up with smoking in the house, in the car, in theaters, banks, offices, grocery stores, airplanes, trains, schools, restaurants?

Yes we grew up with smoking in all of those places. And we finally got rid of it. Who on earth would we want to go back?

 

[ronandannette]

It’s not. But once everybody has it and it’s out there, what are you going to do? People will do stupid stuff.

I see expired car tags from three or four years ago and they aren’t being pulled over. I’m pretty sure the police aren’t going to start pulling people over because they smell something in the car.

They would here, just like they pull people over if they see open alcohol or somebody visibly using a cellphone.

I smoke cigarettes (I know, I know) and I agree. I do think it's batty that people are free to smoke weed (a MUCH stronger smell) pretty much wherever and whenever, but I can't smoke cigarettes in those same places. But honestly, I'm a respectful smoker and do my best to get away from anyone who may be nearby, and I wish the pot smokers would do the same.

Marijuana use was legalized here nationally in 2018 and at least in my city, the by-law instantly changed to allowing pot smoking only in places where cigarette smoking was already allowed.

 

[dvcgirl67]

Pot is legal here and we have some of the toughest smoking laws, if you can’t smoke a cigarette somewhere, you can’t smoke pot either. Is it different elsewhere? I’m all for the legalization, I like my wine but think pot has less issues than alcohol. People are complaining about the smell, did they not grow up with smoking in the house, in the car, in theaters, banks, offices, grocery stores, airplanes, trains, schools, restaurants?

I detest the smell of both cigarettes and pot. But the smell of weed is stronger to me and more offensive.

Pot smokers feel liberated to smoke it seems...and are smoking in public more than they would if it wasn't legal. When I walk around my town in the evenings, there will be people smoking weed outside of restaurants and bars....where that never happened before. I just find that pot is a much stronger smell. You can usually avoid most of the cigarette smell by walking on the other side of the street, with weed is unescapable. I haven't been to a large outdoor concert venue in years, but I wouldn't enjoy a show if there was a continuous smell of weed in the air.

 

[ronandannette]

Pot is legal here and we have some of the toughest smoking laws, if you can’t smoke a cigarette somewhere, you can’t smoke pot either. Is it different elsewhere? I’m all for the legalization, I like my wine but think pot has less issues than alcohol. People are complaining about the smell, did they not grow up with smoking in the house, in the car, in theaters, banks, offices, grocery stores, airplanes, trains, schools, restaurants?

It's an entirely different smell and it's possible to tolerate one and hate the other (in either direction). My next-door-neighbour moved in and immediately started complaining about cigarette smoking in our back yard but yet smokes pot in her own yard at least once ever day.

 

[Smugpugmug]

The smell of cigarettes/cigars and marijuana are equally terrible to me and would rather not have to smell either one. I had a roommate in college who was a MASSIVE marijuana smoker and the other roommates and I had to rally together to get her to stop smoking in our apartment. If she was caught smoking, all of us would lose our deposit and we could all be evicted. She ended up smoking in her car and would get mad when none of us wanted to get in the car.

If anything, I find that most people vape in my area. I see people vaping in parking lots, the mall and even at Universal (which, yes is not allowed but I've seen multiple people vaping in ride queues).

 

[BrianL]

Pot is legal here and we have some of the toughest smoking laws, if you can’t smoke a cigarette somewhere, you can’t smoke pot either. Is it different elsewhere? I’m all for the legalization, I like my wine but think pot has less issues than alcohol. People are complaining about the smell, did they not grow up with smoking in the house, in the car, in theaters, banks, offices, grocery stores, airplanes, trains, schools, restaurants?

It's not so much a matter of the laws, it's just a matter of people thinking that one is more okay and giving it a pass. Very few of these laws or rules are enforced strongly. These days especially nobody wants to call anybody on it, which only makes it worse.

 

[DCLMP]

I've never smelt or seen anyone smoking in my neighborhood or city. I didn't even know that was a thing.

 

[Robbie Cottam]

How do you feel about second hand pot smoke?

Still gross