Smoking weed in public near bus stop

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Anonymous wrote:Ignore. Walk a different way.

Should we then also just ignore public drunkenness? What's the difference between someone rolling on the floor because they're drunk or high? This isn't about whether someone should go to jail or not, but having basic respect for your fellow members of society and keeping our cities from becoming a total mess.

Yes, was that supposed to be a "gotcha" question or something?

If seeing someone drunk on the ground offends you, that's a "you" problem. The world has no obligation to conform to your insanely delicate sensibilities. If you're worried about their safety, call 911. If the mere sight of a person in a prone position causes you trauma, you need to seek intense therapy because that's not normal, and if it doesn't cause you trauma you need to grow the hell up because "I personally kinda don't like seeing this so it can never be allowed to happen in my presence" is not how rational adults act.

People have the right to expect clean public spaces. If someone takes over a bus stop to do drugs then that has a direct impact on everyone else in the community (such as children using public transit to get to school, as OP mentioned). That person should get all the help and social services to deal with their addiction, but to say they have an absolute right to trash the place is ludicrous.[/quote

True. But this is hardly "taking over a bus stop to do drugs". This is smoking a cigarette outside. It's also not likely "addiction" or "trashing" anything. What boggles my mind is that I bet the vast majority of people who are just so aghast at someone smoking a joint, probably drink enough alcohol to fill a reservoir. Their drug of choice is seen as just fine. And they're probably not too worried about the impressionable children when they uncork a bottle of wine or sip their single malt. I could be very wrong -- but I doubt it.

It's still illegal to smoke drugs in public, just like there are open container laws for alcohol. A bus stop where children are waiting to get to school is no place for either beer or weed.

Why not? Seriously? I’m not arguing that it’s a great idea from a public health perspective, but smoking tobacco by a bus stop is fine. The OP hasn’t reappeared to address my questions about alcohol use. Honestly, I personally would prefer alcohol to be illegal, but since it’s not, I don’t get the outrage about pot vs alcohol and cigarettes. If children shouldn’t be exposed to people smoking pot on the streets, why not ban all three? While there are open container laws for alcohol, unless someone is disruptive, they are probably enforced with the same lack of intensity. Alcohol is served outside, and will be more visible and prevalent as more restaurants focus on outdoor seating. I’m guessing that the number of people cited for drinking on their porches or steps is small.

Clearly I don’t share the OP’s outrage. I do think though, that there should be consistency instead of singling out pot.
I personally don’t drink alcohol or smoke anything. I just don’t get the inconsistency or the outrage.

You're the one who is being inconsistent. All the PPs were against public drinking. And smoking in public is also getting curbed more and more.

Clearly you're quite fond of your weed, but stop the fake outrage over not being able to get stoned next to school children at a bus stop.

[Anonymous]

It wouldn't bother me, OP. My parents smoked cigarettes during my entire childhood. I have never smoked or used marijuana. I don't expect my children will ever try it either. It's not something any of us are interested in.

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It wouldn't bother me, OP. My parents smoked cigarettes during my entire childhood. I have never smoked or used marijuana. I don't expect my children will ever try it either. It's not something any of us are interested in.

please provide your neighborhood school, I will send him your way.

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I hate it SO MUCH. But I don't know the answer. It's awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ignore. Walk a different way.

Should we then also just ignore public drunkenness? What's the difference between someone rolling on the floor because they're drunk or high? This isn't about whether someone should go to jail or not, but having basic respect for your fellow members of society and keeping our cities from becoming a total mess.

Yes, was that supposed to be a "gotcha" question or something?

If seeing someone drunk on the ground offends you, that's a "you" problem. The world has no obligation to conform to your insanely delicate sensibilities. If you're worried about their safety, call 911. If the mere sight of a person in a prone position causes you trauma, you need to seek intense therapy because that's not normal, and if it doesn't cause you trauma you need to grow the hell up because "I personally kinda don't like seeing this so it can never be allowed to happen in my presence" is not how rational adults act.

People have the right to expect clean public spaces. If someone takes over a bus stop to do drugs then that has a direct impact on everyone else in the community (such as children using public transit to get to school, as OP mentioned). That person should get all the help and social services to deal with their addiction, but to say they have an absolute right to trash the place is ludicrous.

A couple days ago our kids were playing at the nearby park. A bunch of potheads moved in and basically drove everyone else out with their thick haze of weed. Whatever happened to basic decency and consideration of the people around you?!

[Anonymous]

I hate public weed smoking and would be mad if this was going on near my kid's school. I just shamed my neighbors about it. Take that crap inside. Yep, I'm Weed Karen. And I'm happy about it.

That being said, if he's close to the school and it's a drug free school zone, I'd ask the cops to say something to him.

Why do we want a populace that's all drugged up and high all the time?

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It wouldn't bother me, OP. My parents smoked cigarettes during my entire childhood. I have never smoked or used marijuana. I don't expect my children will ever try it either. It's not something any of us are interested in.

please provide your neighborhood school, I will send him your way.

Sure. Chevy Chase ES. I grew up in Paris, PP. My kids and I have seen homeless drunks fighting in the street a few feet from us, military troops with machine guns patrolling the train stations because of terrorist threats (DS always loves that), gypsy babies used as props for begging cartels in the metro and on the dirtiest street corners (breaks my heart), gypsy kids expertly pickpocketing tourists, etc...

Someone smoking weed at a bus stop? It doesn't even make my list of unpleasant things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate public weed smoking and would be mad if this was going on near my kid's school. I just shamed my neighbors about it. Take that crap inside. Yep, I'm Weed Karen. And I'm happy about it.

That being said, if he's close to the school and it's a drug free school zone, I'd ask the cops to say something to him.

Why do we want a populace that's all drugged up and high all the time?

We prefer one that is locked up?

[Anonymous]

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It wouldn't bother me, OP. My parents smoked cigarettes during my entire childhood. I have never smoked or used marijuana. I don't expect my children will ever try it either. It's not something any of us are interested in.

please provide your neighborhood school, I will send him your way.

Sure. Chevy Chase ES. I grew up in Paris, PP. My kids and I have seen homeless drunks fighting in the street a few feet from us, military troops with machine guns patrolling the train stations because of terrorist threats (DS always loves that), gypsy babies used as props for begging cartels in the metro and on the dirtiest street corners (breaks my heart), gypsy kids expertly pickpocketing tourists, etc...

Someone smoking weed at a bus stop? It doesn't even make my list of unpleasant things.

Good for you, but not everyone enjoys war zone tourism like you do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate public weed smoking and would be mad if this was going on near my kid's school. I just shamed my neighbors about it. Take that crap inside. Yep, I'm Weed Karen. And I'm happy about it.

That being said, if he's close to the school and it's a drug free school zone, I'd ask the cops to say something to him.

Why do we want a populace that's all drugged up and high all the time?

We prefer one that is locked up?

DP. This is not the issue and you know it. No one is suggesting that public weed smokers get locked up. I and the other PPs are simply saying that the person shouldn't be doing it at a bus stop near a school or anywhere else in public for that matter.

People seem to think they can smoke weed wherever they want now that it's been decriminalized. That's not how this works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate public weed smoking and would be mad if this was going on near my kid's school. I just shamed my neighbors about it. Take that crap inside. Yep, I'm Weed Karen. And I'm happy about it.

That being said, if he's close to the school and it's a drug free school zone, I'd ask the cops to say something to him.

Why do we want a populace that's all drugged up and high all the time?

We prefer one that is locked up?

DP. This is not the issue and you know it. No one is suggesting that public weed smokers get locked up. I and the other PPs are simply saying that the person shouldn't be doing it at a bus stop near a school or anywhere else in public for that matter.

People seem to think they can smoke weed wherever they want now that it's been decriminalized. That's not how this works.

It's the issue that PP raised.

I agree that many potsmokers are inconsiderate. But clearly, it IS how it works, until people start calling the police to report the nuisance. People do what they can get away with. It's wrong but that's how it is. Banks do it. Giant corporations do it. Politicians do it. And lowly potheads do it.

You don't like it, you know who to call. Posting here does nothing.

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It wouldn't bother me, OP. My parents smoked cigarettes during my entire childhood. I have never smoked or used marijuana. I don't expect my children will ever try it either. It's not something any of us are interested in.

please provide your neighborhood school, I will send him your way.

Sure. Chevy Chase ES. I grew up in Paris, PP. My kids and I have seen homeless drunks fighting in the street a few feet from us, military troops with machine guns patrolling the train stations because of terrorist threats (DS always loves that), gypsy babies used as props for begging cartels in the metro and on the dirtiest street corners (breaks my heart), gypsy kids expertly pickpocketing tourists, etc...

Someone smoking weed at a bus stop? It doesn't even make my list of unpleasant things.

Good for you. You do realize that families have different standards, right? I, for one, would not subject my kids to the conditions you describe, and I certainly don't use slurs like "gypsy" to describe people. But you do you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
It wouldn't bother me, OP. My parents smoked cigarettes during my entire childhood. I have never smoked or used marijuana. I don't expect my children will ever try it either. It's not something any of us are interested in.

please provide your neighborhood school, I will send him your way.

Sure. Chevy Chase ES. I grew up in Paris, PP. My kids and I have seen homeless drunks fighting in the street a few feet from us, military troops with machine guns patrolling the train stations because of terrorist threats (DS always loves that), gypsy babies used as props for begging cartels in the metro and on the dirtiest street corners (breaks my heart), gypsy kids expertly pickpocketing tourists, etc...

Someone smoking weed at a bus stop? It doesn't even make my list of unpleasant things.

I will give him a postcard today saying that he is welcome there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate public weed smoking and would be mad if this was going on near my kid's school. I just shamed my neighbors about it. Take that crap inside. Yep, I'm Weed Karen. And I'm happy about it.

That being said, if he's close to the school and it's a drug free school zone, I'd ask the cops to say something to him.

Why do we want a populace that's all drugged up and high all the time?

We prefer one that is locked up?

DP. This is not the issue and you know it. No one is suggesting that public weed smokers get locked up. I and the other PPs are simply saying that the person shouldn't be doing it at a bus stop near a school or anywhere else in public for that matter.

People seem to think they can smoke weed wherever they want now that it's been decriminalized. That's not how this works.

It's the issue that PP raised.

I agree that many potsmokers are inconsiderate. But clearly, it IS how it works, until people start calling the police to report the nuisance. People do what they can get away with. It's wrong but that's how it is. Banks do it. Giant corporations do it. Politicians do it. And lowly potheads do it.

You don't like it, you know who to call. Posting here does nothing.

Are you new here? Every single post on DCUM "does nothing." That doesn't mean we can discuss the topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate public weed smoking and would be mad if this was going on near my kid's school. I just shamed my neighbors about it. Take that crap inside. Yep, I'm Weed Karen. And I'm happy about it.

That being said, if he's close to the school and it's a drug free school zone, I'd ask the cops to say something to him.

Why do we want a populace that's all drugged up and high all the time?

We prefer one that is locked up?

DP. This is not the issue and you know it. No one is suggesting that public weed smokers get locked up. I and the other PPs are simply saying that the person shouldn't be doing it at a bus stop near a school or anywhere else in public for that matter.

People seem to think they can smoke weed wherever they want now that it's been decriminalized. That's not how this works.

+1

There are so many woke people here! I guarantee you they would not like it if someone was getting drunk.