People smoked pot when it was illegal. Why assume all this bad stuff is going to happen now?

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Anonymous wrote:Hate it, hate it, hate it. We’re currently traveling in a red state and it’s even here (guy was smoking outside the hotel last night). We were in Denver a few weeks ago, and it was worse than downtown DC. The stench was everywhere. I just don’t understand the appeal of being high all day.

I understand supporting decriminalization and medical marijuana, but public consumption all day every day is something else entirely. But apparently that is where we are at. It’s one more thing in the triumph of trash behavior.

+1

And sadly, the only thing that's going to start turning the tide even a little in many places will end up being the inevitable tragedies. Spectacular weed-related car crash deaths, or other tragedies caused when a zombie-fied pothead isn't fully functioning and does something that ends up endangering a child, burning down a house, whatever. The pot lovers will scream that it hasn't happened yet and won't happen. Sure, sure. It's going to take innocent non-smoking people dying for any jurisdictions to grow the balls to curb this s**t, especially behind the wheel.

I think the market will resolve this eventually. People with money and small children will naturally gravitate to neighborhoods where their kids won’t be exposed to second hand pot smoke and that will drive up real estate values in those areas—and, conversely, will depress real estate values in pot havens.

Anonymous wrote:Hate it, hate it, hate it. We’re currently traveling in a red state and it’s even here (guy was smoking outside the hotel last night). We were in Denver a few weeks ago, and it was worse than downtown DC. The stench was everywhere. I just don’t understand the appeal of being high all day.

I understand supporting decriminalization and medical marijuana, but public consumption all day every day is something else entirely. But apparently that is where we are at. It’s one more thing in the triumph of trash behavior.

+1

And sadly, the only thing that's going to start turning the tide even a little in many places will end up being the inevitable tragedies. Spectacular weed-related car crash deaths, or other tragedies caused when a zombie-fied pothead isn't fully functioning and does something that ends up endangering a child, burning down a house, whatever. The pot lovers will scream that it hasn't happened yet and won't happen. Sure, sure. It's going to take innocent non-smoking people dying for any jurisdictions to grow the balls to curb this s**t, especially behind the wheel.

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Anonymous wrote:Move out of the city.

+1

The world is big, OP. Why stay in bad and getting-worse DC?

Not OP but

So easy to just say, "Move." Some people have career paths that mean they need to be in certain places for certain lengths of time. (Not necessarily DC, this applies anywhere.) Others may want to stay a certain region to bre closer to family members, like aging relatives, or grown kids who are working and living in that place. There are many reasons why someone might feel that "Just move, why stay if you don't like X about this place?" may not be an option. And in case you missed the posts earlier in the thread -- pot smoke and its invasive nature, and public smoking etc., are ramping up in many, many places which otherwise are desirable places to live. It's glib and self-serving to tell the non-smokers (and the occasional smokers who are responsible adults and who don't waft their smoke into others' space) to move.

Anonymous wrote:Move out of the city.

+1

The world is big, OP. Why stay in bad and getting-worse DC?

Someone recently pointed out to me that the actual correct term for marijuana is Schaweet Tea Leaf. Does anyone know if that is correct? It seems a little off but his person was adam ant.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hate it, hate it, hate it. We’re currently traveling in a red state and it’s even here (guy was smoking outside the hotel last night). We were in Denver a few weeks ago, and it was worse than downtown DC. The stench was everywhere. I just don’t understand the appeal of being high all day.

I understand supporting decriminalization and medical marijuana, but public consumption all day every day is something else entirely. But apparently that is where we are at. It’s one more thing in the triumph of trash behavior.

Maybe they are suffering from anxiety. We need to provide UBI to assuage this anxiety.

So you can sit around high all day while the few people who still work pay for you?

No, people are willingly being pacified with cheap drugs and porn, while the meaning is stripped out of their lives. Work is good for you.

“Universal Basic Income.” (UBI).

Who supports that?

Everyone who realizes that the robots have taken all the good jobs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hate it, hate it, hate it. We’re currently traveling in a red state and it’s even here (guy was smoking outside the hotel last night). We were in Denver a few weeks ago, and it was worse than downtown DC. The stench was everywhere. I just don’t understand the appeal of being high all day.

I understand supporting decriminalization and medical marijuana, but public consumption all day every day is something else entirely. But apparently that is where we are at. It’s one more thing in the triumph of trash behavior.

Maybe they are suffering from anxiety. We need to provide UBI to assuage this anxiety.

So you can sit around high all day while the few people who still work pay for you?

No, people are willingly being pacified with cheap drugs and porn, while the meaning is stripped out of their lives. Work is good for you.

“Universal Basic Income.” (UBI).

Who supports that?

Anonymous wrote:Hate it, hate it, hate it. We’re currently traveling in a red state and it’s even here (guy was smoking outside the hotel last night). We were in Denver a few weeks ago, and it was worse than downtown DC. The stench was everywhere. I just don’t understand the appeal of being high all day.

I understand supporting decriminalization and medical marijuana, but public consumption all day every day is something else entirely. But apparently that is where we are at. It’s one more thing in the triumph of trash behavior.

People claimed for years “medical marijuana” and decriminalization were “slippery slopes” toward legalization; just Trojan horses.

Turns out we were right.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hate it, hate it, hate it. We’re currently traveling in a red state and it’s even here (guy was smoking outside the hotel last night). We were in Denver a few weeks ago, and it was worse than downtown DC. The stench was everywhere. I just don’t understand the appeal of being high all day.

I understand supporting decriminalization and medical marijuana, but public consumption all day every day is something else entirely. But apparently that is where we are at. It’s one more thing in the triumph of trash behavior.

Maybe they are suffering from anxiety. We need to provide UBI to assuage this anxiety.

So you can sit around high all day while the few people who still work pay for you?

No, people are willingly being pacified with cheap drugs and porn, while the meaning is stripped out of their lives. Work is good for you.

Anonymous wrote:I live in Canada so I'm used to the smell. I have no problem with weed and enjoy it on occasion, but it seems like everyone is high all the time. People seem rather zombie-like and it can be very frustrating trying to get anything accomplished. Even with my best friend, I have to tell her the same things over and over again because she can't remember anything.

Many weed users deny this is true, but it's possible to get addicted to weed, psychologically and physically too. (Especially with today's much more potent strains of weed. This ain't the mild stuff people smoked back in college etc.) Your friend sounds like she has a larger problem than just enjoying getting high occasionally. She might need you to push her to get assessed. At a minimum, what in her life is so stressful she needs to get high so much and stay high so long? If you're having to repeat yourself to her frequently, this is more than just an occasional high for her own entertainment; she's medicating something away. I'd be worried about her relationship with weed if she can't do without it or focus.

Anonymous wrote:Hate it, hate it, hate it. We’re currently traveling in a red state and it’s even here (guy was smoking outside the hotel last night). We were in Denver a few weeks ago, and it was worse than downtown DC. The stench was everywhere. I just don’t understand the appeal of being high all day.

I understand supporting decriminalization and medical marijuana, but public consumption all day every day is something else entirely. But apparently that is where we are at. It’s one more thing in the triumph of trash behavior.

Maybe they are suffering from anxiety. We need to provide UBI to assuage this anxiety.

Hate it, hate it, hate it. We’re currently traveling in a red state and it’s even here (guy was smoking outside the hotel last night). We were in Denver a few weeks ago, and it was worse than downtown DC. The stench was everywhere. I just don’t understand the appeal of being high all day.

I understand supporting decriminalization and medical marijuana, but public consumption all day every day is something else entirely. But apparently that is where we are at. It’s one more thing in the triumph of trash behavior.

Hate it. That’s why I’m glad we live in Clarksville where the houses are spread out and don’t have to smell it all the time.

Same op. And the recently put in a dispensary near where I live soon the entire neighborhood will smell just like what happened with my parents' neighborhood