So I guess Maryland just smells of weed now

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Anonymous wrote:All smoking is bad. I'm really surprised more people aren't using edibles rather than smoking.

I'm am and was for legalization, as we need better control and tax dollars, but am surprised at the number of people in MD smoking / vaping cigarettes and weed.

Congratulations!

How many tax dollars will it take to deal with the problems legal marijuana causes?

Our schools are already overburdened and out of control, but causing brain damage to a generation is okay because we’ll have increased taxes - unless people decide they don’t want to live where overburdened and out of control schools are being filled with students who have brain damage.

Since there is no legal standard nor way to test for degree of impairment, it may not cost the government much more money to deal with an insolvable problem they don’t have the tools to address. Instead of taxpayers picking up the tab, it will be individual families who deal with the pain of injury and the tragedy of lost lives. But hey, since the government’s net revenue increases, I guess you have a win here - unless you or someone you love is hurt by someone driving while stoned.

Any time that government thinks it will benefit by capitalizing on its citizens weaknesses, I think we all end up losing.

To be fair, legalized weed in other places has been a success. This area did it wrong and also has more endemic poverty and other issues that I think is making it a cultural problem that doesn't seem to exist in the other jurisdictions I've been to with legalized marijuana.

Really?

I’d love to know what they’re legal limit for marijuana impairment while driving is and how they test for it.

What kind of marijuana are they selling that doesn’t harm developing brains?

Brains are fully mature for marijuana at 18. For criminal responsibility, it's 26.

Brains are not fully mature at 18. The pre-frontal cortex - responsible for decision making - isn't close to done until someone's mid to late twenties. All these young people who are now daily smokers are doing some serious damage to their cognitive development.

But what's done is done. There's no going back. Society-wise, stoners do less harm than drunks. Hopefully, those that use will move toward edibles and save everyone else the stench. Snoop giving up the smoke is a good sign.

What's sad though is the pervasiveness of it. Anyone drinking at 10 am obviously has a severe problem. But it does increasingly seem like half the DMV is high all day long.

It’s not just the young people who are daily smokers, it’s the young people whose parents/caregivers are daily smokers. What do you think a young person’s brain is going to be like who was exposed to marijuana smoke from birth? What about those whose mothers smoked while pregnant?

We know secondhand tobacco smoke is dangerous and everyone knows about fetal alcohol syndrome, but while people may talk about the annoying stench of marijuana they encounter in passing, the problem of kids who are regularly exposed to marijuana seems to be largely ignored. If we really care about kids, or even selfishly for ourselves who will be dependent on the next generation to take over society and be our doctors, pharmacists, caregivers, etc., we need to address this.

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Anonymous wrote:If you see someone smoking weed in their car, get their license plate, call the police, and report it.

I voted against legalization.

Don’t waste your time doing this….

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I live in Canada and I think the whole country must smell like weed.
People driving high is a big problem.

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But what's worse is going to be when we inevitably have deaths because of people who are driving high. It's only a matter of time.

Why hasn’t it happened yet?

It is usually labeled DUI so people just assume alcohol. Regardless,

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/health/marijuana-traffic-accidents-wellness/index.html

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Anonymous wrote:While people across the spectrum do smoke weed, you can't deny that it's becoming more and more pronounced among the working segments of society. In Maryland at least there is also a big overlap between race and class but plenty of working class whites smoke weed. Including my electrician, and I'm very tempted to not call him again because it was clear he smoked before coming to my house and the smell lingered and I'm annoyed as he's also a nice guy and an excellent electrician.

People who'd have smoked tobacco in the past are now switching to weed. It's that simple. At the same time the more educated and prosperous sectors of society just don't smoke anything any more.

It’s not the “working segments” - dopeheads basically just stop working altogether.

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Anonymous wrote:The stench is bad enough and it's intrusive -- potheads (oh, sorry, "regular users") like to say, "It's legal now so it doesn't affect you if I smoke," but anything that's smoked--weed or not--is unavoidably intruding into other people's lungs and nostrils.

But what's worse is going to be when we inevitably have deaths because of people who are driving high. It's only a matter of time. Impaired driving is impaired driving, whether the source of impairment is alcohol, weed or any other substance.

It's not the least bit challenging to drive while high on pot. You won't see pot smokers weaving from side to side, unable to stay in their lane. They are more likely to not take notice the light has turned green and it's time to move. But it's nothing at all like being drunk.

I’ve driven a farm tractor brush hogging an overgrown field while stoned and it’s a miracle I didn’t kill myself with it. Fortunately I got it stuck in some mud and gave up for the day before I got into a situation where it flipped over on top of me. I was young and really dumb, but doing that thst one time was enough to make me understand how dangerous it was for me to have done that.

But you are seriously, dangerously, recklessly stupid, if you really believe what you posted. And if you do believe it, I hope one day a person driving high runs into you and changes your mind with something you’ll deal with the rest of your life.

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Anonymous wrote:The stench is bad enough and it's intrusive -- potheads (oh, sorry, "regular users") like to say, "It's legal now so it doesn't affect you if I smoke," but anything that's smoked--weed or not--is unavoidably intruding into other people's lungs and nostrils.

But what's worse is going to be when we inevitably have deaths because of people who are driving high. It's only a matter of time. Impaired driving is impaired driving, whether the source of impairment is alcohol, weed or any other substance.

It's not the least bit challenging to drive while high on pot. You won't see pot smokers weaving from side to side, unable to stay in their lane. They are more likely to not take notice the light has turned green and it's time to move. But it's nothing at all like being drunk.

So what you’re saying is….reaction times are slowed significantly?

Interesting

What about that slower reaction time when your toddler runs out into the street in front of them without looking? You still gonna be cool with stoners behind the wheel as you’re burying your 2 year old?

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But what's worse is going to be when we inevitably have deaths because of people who are driving high. It's only a matter of time.

Why hasn’t it happened yet?

It IS happening.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmmmmm . . .

the majority of those voting in FAVOR of legalized recreational weed are:

A) democrats? Or,

B) republicans??

Everything that has been VERY negative for this area and has made it worse here was bought to you by democrats.

Also notice how every Democrat policy (legal weed, legal abortion, open borders, affirmative action, no cash bail, no ID to vote, lower math standards in schools, etc etc) either harms Black progress or pretends to help Blacks but only serves to reinforce the idea that they can’t compete on their own.

YES!!! I wish more people had some free thought!!!

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I get to smell it at 8am as I drive all along North Capitol to work. Seems like half of DC switched from morning coffee to morning pot.

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Anonymous wrote:Reap what you sow liberals

A larger tax base for the state, towns can also tax sales of marijuana and earmark it for schools, less money going to drug cartels, less young people going to jail for a victimless crime. Also people use the drug to relieve nausea, anxiety, pain among other medical issues. And just as important one less way the government interferes with people’s personal choices.

In Southern states like Alabama and Mississippi and Texas it’s still an offense that people are locked up over one joint and fined like $8,000.

Marijuana has never been scarce in this country. Now it’s sold legally and taxed. Deal with the smell.

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Anonymous wrote:I even smell it regularly in a relatively wealthy neighborhood in Rockville. It's EV-ER-Y-WHERE.

You sure are naive if you thought people stopped smoking at a certain age or income. Just like alcohol it’s an all ages vice.

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Anonymous wrote:The stench is bad enough and it's intrusive -- potheads (oh, sorry, "regular users") like to say, "It's legal now so it doesn't affect you if I smoke," but anything that's smoked--weed or not--is unavoidably intruding into other people's lungs and nostrils.

But what's worse is going to be when we inevitably have deaths because of people who are driving high. It's only a matter of time. Impaired driving is impaired driving, whether the source of impairment is alcohol, weed or any other substance.

It's not the least bit challenging to drive while high on pot. You won't see pot smokers weaving from side to side, unable to stay in their lane. They are more likely to not take notice the light has turned green and it's time to move. But it's nothing at all like being drunk.

You must be high

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Anonymous wrote:The stench is bad enough and it's intrusive -- potheads (oh, sorry, "regular users") like to say, "It's legal now so it doesn't affect you if I smoke," but anything that's smoked--weed or not--is unavoidably intruding into other people's lungs and nostrils.

But what's worse is going to be when we inevitably have deaths because of people who are driving high. It's only a matter of time. Impaired driving is impaired driving, whether the source of impairment is alcohol, weed or any other substance.

Some states legalized weed almost thirty years ago so I don’t understand what you mean by it’s only a matter of time. Some studies show some states saw small increases in crashes some showed small decreases in crashes. People who would drive while impaired would usually have a high alcohol level and/or other drugs mixed with the weed consumption.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter and I have been to nearly every state in the last few years. Nearly every city we visit smells like weed. The blocks around my D.C. Office smell like weed. My rich arlington neighborhood smells like weed at times. It's everywhere.

NYC is like this too. No matter where we went we smelled weed everywhere. It stink ls so bad and is so strong. And the high people by the pot trucks in Times Square were so embarrassing to watch. I hate that my kids had to see that. We were not expecting that.

The entirety of Manhattan smells like weed AND urine. America is so charming.

Was just about to say this about Manhattan. We used to live in NY about 10 years back. Spent a few days there this past summer and it smelled like sewage and weed everywhere we went. Judging by the ginormous rats, I’m guessing they have the munchies even more these days.

Ok, MAGA.