I’m tired of smelling your pot everywhere

[Anonymous]

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Your analogy with a prohibition on alcohol is highly flawed. We don’t let people drink in the streets and you can get arrested for public drunkenness. Why should we let them toke and be stoned on the streets. That’s all most people here are saying.

PS. We’ve legalized possession (and I’m actually for that, given that minorities were being jailed in outrageous numbers). But we haven’t explicitly legalized creating clouds of skunk stink while you get stoned in public.

Why are you against even reasonable measures to reign in consumption of intoxicants, in line with the measures that are already in place for public consumption of alcohol and harder drugs?

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Anonymous wrote:People who smoke pot regularly and not for legitimate medical reasons (cancer) are losers.

People who judge others, based on one little thing like smoking pot, without knowing anything else about them- are the losers.

people who are too baked to see and admit what a loser they are are losers.

See, that's silly. First, how do you know why someone smokes? I take a few puffs a few nights a week to help me fall asleep. Wow, what a loser. I went to work, doing honorable work, came home, made dinner, worked on a painting (I'm an artist, what do you do after work, stare at your tv?), had a few puffs and took a nice bath. Got some sleep. Today I'm going to clean my house and plant some plants. Paint some more , maybe go for a walk.

My point is, my life is totally boring and normal. It's not a loser life, it's a quiet one. I'm considerate, I don't smoke in public. I also drink very little alcohol. Lots of folks live like me. Reefer Madness was always silly.

DP here. I am sorry. But your life sounds like a loser's life. You cannot fall to sleep without medicating yourself? You think that you being an "artist" makes you somehow superior to the person who watches TV (fyi , we don't even have tv in our house, but I don't judge people who watch it). You are wrong assuming that a lot of folks live live like yours. I don't smoke or drink alcohol, and I know a lot of people like me.

[Anonymous]

Studies that link pot to worse performance in school, college and beyond.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586361/

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/how-does-marijuana-use-affect-school-work-social-life

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170511083745.htm

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/28/16050212/marijuana-legalization-study-maastricht

There are many, many more

[Anonymous]

I’m OK with legalizing possession. Just like I’m OK with buying alcohol and taking it home or to a friend’s house to drink.

But I’m not OK with public drunkenness. Why should it be any different for pot?

I’m sure there are millions in AA of all races who agree with these reasonable barriers to intoxication.

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Anonymous wrote:Pot smells like a nasty skunk. We were in New York and two guys were smoking it and my 7 year old said “who farted” . I’m tired of smelling it too.

Yes! I really don't remember pot smelling so strongly of skunk in my college days.

It really does. I’m wondering now if my parents ever smelled it on me. I was laughing so hard that my son thought it was a fart.

It's just like with regular smokers. They don't know how much it smells to non smokers. Same for pot users.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m OK with legalizing possession. Just like I’m OK with buying alcohol and taking it home or to a friend’s house to drink.

But I’m not OK with public drunkenness. Why should it be any different for pot?

I’m sure there are millions in AA of all races who agree with these reasonable barriers to intoxication.

Agree!

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Anonymous wrote:People who smoke pot regularly and not for legitimate medical reasons (cancer) are losers.

People who judge others, based on one little thing like smoking pot, without knowing anything else about them- are the losers.

people who are too baked to see and admit what a loser they are are losers.

See, that's silly. First, how do you know why someone smokes? I take a few puffs a few nights a week to help me fall asleep. Wow, what a loser. I went to work, doing honorable work, came home, made dinner, worked on a painting (I'm an artist, what do you do after work, stare at your tv?), had a few puffs and took a nice bath. Got some sleep. Today I'm going to clean my house and plant some plants. Paint some more , maybe go for a walk.

My point is, my life is totally boring and normal. It's not a loser life, it's a quiet one. I'm considerate, I don't smoke in public. I also drink very little alcohol. Lots of folks live like me. Reefer Madness was always silly.

The simple reality is a lot of pot smokers are stoners. They're losers. They've worsened their lives because of pot. Protesting that you're different only shows your selfishness. We have a national drug crisis and pot is a big part of that bundle. But the liberal middle classes would rather have unfettered access to their drugs than allow any restrictions even though that might be the best all around solution for more people. I don't care if you pat yourself on the back for otherwise being a decent person, you're still engaging in a substance that has substantial consequences for many people, including youths, and you need to accept the price of being part of that demand for increased tolerance and legalization of drugs - namely, others will suffer from it.

Obvious troll, folks...

Defending your pot addiction?

Shrugs. I can see the perspective. Pot is a drug and like all drugs, it's something that has substantial negative consequences for many of its users. Many pot users do seem to refuse to acknowledge that it can be problematic because they can't accept criticism of their habit. It's the same with alcoholics and smokers, who are often quite defensive of their addiction.

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Anonymous wrote:It's amusing to me how if this were cigarette smoke odor instead of weed, everyone on this forum would be up in arms over it. But since it's pot smoke, the same people who would be outraged were it cigarettes, are totally fine with it.

The hypocrisy here is literally boundless.

Liberal logic

I'm liberal and I am against smoking pot. I assume many others who post that the smell is disgusting are also liberals. Liberals don't vote in lock step. You are a turd PP and your attitude is ruining our country.

You assume others are liberal? Because you are ?
And you know this ? Liberal wizard in action. Just because you are and people you may know doesn’t make the whoouniverse
Based on you.

Uh, the poster was claiming liberals voted in pot use and are now complaining about it. I was pointing out that not all liberals support pot use, by using myself as an example. Yes, I assume others are like me.

Keep up, PP. It's not that difficult.

+1. I’m OP and I’m liberal. I’m not against all pot use, just when I’m, say, riding metro to (my 6-figure, since it seems to matter) job in the morning.

This is not hard, get with the program.

As long as you live in DC, you have to deal with it. Just because you are bragging about metroing to your six-figure job, doesn’t mean everyone else cares about that.

It bothering you that much? Buy a car. Problem solved.

Wreck the environment. Problem solved—by a climate-denying, stoned conservative.

Stoned conservative? Conservatives don't smoke pot. They think it's the devil's plant.

You have no idea what you are talking about, there are tons of conservatives who smoke pot and aren't religious.

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Anonymous wrote:People who smoke pot regularly and not for legitimate medical reasons (cancer) are losers.

People who judge others, based on one little thing like smoking pot, without knowing anything else about them- are the losers.

people who are too baked to see and admit what a loser they are are losers.

See, that's silly. First, how do you know why someone smokes? I take a few puffs a few nights a week to help me fall asleep. Wow, what a loser. I went to work, doing honorable work, came home, made dinner, worked on a painting (I'm an artist, what do you do after work, stare at your tv?), had a few puffs and took a nice bath. Got some sleep. Today I'm going to clean my house and plant some plants. Paint some more , maybe go for a walk.

My point is, my life is totally boring and normal. It's not a loser life, it's a quiet one. I'm considerate, I don't smoke in public. I also drink very little alcohol. Lots of folks live like me. Reefer Madness was always silly.

The simple reality is a lot of pot smokers are stoners. They're losers. They've worsened their lives because of pot. Protesting that you're different only shows your selfishness. We have a national drug crisis and pot is a big part of that bundle. But the liberal middle classes would rather have unfettered access to their drugs than allow any restrictions even though that might be the best all around solution for more people. I don't care if you pat yourself on the back for otherwise being a decent person, you're still engaging in a substance that has substantial consequences for many people, including youths, and you need to accept the price of being part of that demand for increased tolerance and legalization of drugs - namely, others will suffer from it.

Obvious troll, folks...

Defending your pot addiction?

Shrugs. I can see the perspective. Pot is a drug and like all drugs, it's something that has substantial negative consequences for many of its users. Many pot users do seem to refuse to acknowledge that it can be problematic because they can't accept criticism of their habit. It's the same with alcoholics and smokers, who are often quite defensive of their addiction.

Hilarious. I know a TON of recreational pot users. I know a lot of folks who drink a lot. That’s way worse.

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Anonymous wrote:Studies that link pot to worse performance in school, college and beyond.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586361/

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/how-does-marijuana-use-affect-school-work-social-life

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170511083745.htm

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/28/16050212/marijuana-legalization-study-maastricht

There are many, many more

Pot make you stupid, literally!

[Anonymous]

The number of people that smoke up in the morning before going to work, is insane. You smell it driving, on the metro, walking.

So many addicts.

Smoking up a few times a year to decompress is one thing. Smoking daily or weekly is a problem. Gross, stinky addicts.

[Anonymous]

When I don’t have to breathe any car exhaust or perfumes or cologne then I will do my part for cannabis smell. Ball is in your court. Better get started with your perfume and scented lotion bans.

[Anonymous]

Our neighbor does starting 1 pm weekends. Dude! Your kid will model this behavior. ?!

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Anonymous wrote:Our neighbor does starting 1 pm weekends. Dude! Your kid will model this behavior. ?!

Our neighbor does this every day, multiple times a day. I'm actually a bit worried about him.

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Anonymous wrote:When I don’t have to breathe any car exhaust or perfumes or cologne then I will do my part for cannabis smell. Ball is in your court. Better get started with your perfume and scented lotion bans.

Interest. I've never smelled anyone's perfume or scented bath products while in my car driving on the highway or walking my dogs in the morning. The smell is everywhere, including private spaces like our own homes and cars.