I’m 52 years old and have been using cannabis on and off since aged 14. I earned four university degrees including a law degree from a T-15 school, which I chose over a number of T-10 schools that accepted me because I wanted to be in DC. My life has been generally successful although I have struggled with PTSD from childhood with abusive alcoholic father and enabling abusive mother. Cannabis has never caused me any significant issues, including the super good stuff I can get at the dispensary down the street these last few years since we legalized.

I was a prosecutor and defense attorney for years and I can count on one hand the number of cases I had involving cannabis and violence - and those involved a mixed intoxication of alcohol, not just cannabis. From my own life and professional experiences and years of reading the research, I know without doubt that the truly great evil in our society is ALCOHOL, period.

Anyway, there ARE laws regulating cannabis use in DC, so the OP and others here are engaging in disinformation. https://drugfreeyouthdc.com/dc-laws/marijuana/#:~:text=It's%20illegal%20to%20consume%20marijuana,jail%20or%20a%20%24500%20fine.

Anonymous wrote:DC does not enforce any rules, and especially would not enforce anything w/r/t marijuana, because the equity task force will not let them. It's making public space unpleasant outside the most exclusive areas of the city. But still, marijuana is mostly an annoyance and quality of life problem. They won't even enforce fake tags, which are creating a lot of danger to the public. Because equity.

If it’s about tobacco and it’s at a bar progressives go to, they’ll enforce it

DC does not enforce any rules, and especially would not enforce anything w/r/t marijuana, because the equity task force will not let them. It's making public space unpleasant outside the most exclusive areas of the city. But still, marijuana is mostly an annoyance and quality of life problem. They won't even enforce fake tags, which are creating a lot of danger to the public. Because equity.

Violent? No way.

Anti social? Sure.

Anonymous wrote:All you guys need to grow up and mind your own business. Cannabis is normal now. Deal with it.

Marijuana is much more potent today than it was 20 years ago. Research is coalescing towards showing that a large portion of violent and anti social behavior, particularly in boys, is the result of marijuana usage.

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jsteele wrote:The Beltway is not DC's jurisdiction other than one bridge I think. So don't blame us for that. Smoking in public is also illegal. But, the reason there are no regulations is because of a federal law that prohibits DC from spending any money to create regulations for weed. So, ware are stuck where we are now. Just another reason to support statehood.

Why is there almost zero enforcement with regard to smoking in public? That has nothing to do with the US Congress.

It's not equitable.

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Anonymous wrote:Like I believe that the current DC Council would actually regulate weed if DC was a state . . .
I'm with OP. So sick of the constant weed stink. It is worse than the heyday of cigarette smoking.

+1. The smell carries so far and sticks around for so long. Truly awful.

If we're complaining about constant stinks, I personally would put car exhaust at the top of the list, not pot smoke.

Anonymous wrote:Like I believe that the current DC Council would actually regulate weed if DC was a state . . .
I'm with OP. So sick of the constant weed stink. It is worse than the heyday of cigarette smoking.

+1. The smell carries so far and sticks around for so long. Truly awful.

Counselors have been smoking weed since…forever.

All you guys need to grow up and mind your own business. Cannabis is normal now. Deal with it.

The counselors for a DCPS school are getting high near school property? All hope is lost if those people are tasking with helping DC students regulate their mental and emotional wellbeing.

jsteele wrote:The Beltway is not DC's jurisdiction other than one bridge I think. So don't blame us for that. Smoking in public is also illegal. But, the reason there are no regulations is because of a federal law that prohibits DC from spending any money to create regulations for weed. So, ware are stuck where we are now. Just another reason to support statehood.

Why is there almost zero enforcement with regard to smoking in public? That has nothing to do with the US Congress.

Like I believe that the current DC Council would actually regulate weed if DC was a state . . .
I'm with OP. So sick of the constant weed stink. It is worse than the heyday of cigarette smoking.

The Beltway is not DC's jurisdiction other than one bridge I think. So don't blame us for that. Smoking in public is also illegal. But, the reason there are no regulations is because of a federal law that prohibits DC from spending any money to create regulations for weed. So, ware are stuck where we are now. Just another reason to support statehood.

Saw a group of counselors from my DCPS child's afterschool program hanging out together at the end of the day across the street from the school openly smoking up. Kids and parents walking right by them. I don't think they would stand around similarly passing around a bottle of liquor. Every time I am on the beltway there is a car in front of me going 10-15 miles slower than everyone else, drifting around in the lane, and filling my car and the cars around us with weed smoke. Why is this ok? Why when it was legalized did they not make any qualifications about public intoxication etc? And don't say "you voted for this," because I didn't.