Anonymous wrote:I try to avoid areas with clouds of marajuana smoke. I don't like the smell and I associate it with layabouts. It's legal and there are a LOT of legal things that I want to keep away from my kids (and me).

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely. Here’s the revised post with that point added—still condensed, clear, and with nlI’m genuinely frustrated with how common this has become in DC. This is not a one-time issue. I keep seeing people stepping out of cars or waiting in public spaces smelling strongly of marijuana. It is obvious they have been smoking right before or even inside the car.

Today I saw a parent with their child at a restaurant. The smell was overwhelming. It was clear they had smoked in the car and then drove there with the child. That is not just disgusting, it is dangerous.

I also went to the DMV recently and there were several people in the waiting room who reeked of marijuana. No one said anything, but it was impossible not to notice. It feels like this behavior is just being accepted now.

Shouldn’t the smell of marijuana be probable cause to search someone or their vehicle, especially if they just got out of it? If someone reeked of alcohol and stepped out of a car with a child, they would be stopped immediately. Why is marijuana being treated differently?

This is not about personal freedom. It is about public safety, common sense, and protecting children. DC officials and police need to stop looking the other way. This is getting worse and it needs to be addressed.

Anonymous wrote:People are allowed to reek of anything OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Marijuana use and smell in public has truly become a public nuisance. I don't care about private, discreet, personal use of marijuana, but the open, emboldened use in public, particularly in front of children, is distasteful and dangerous.

But bus and dump truck exhaust is perfectly fine because I don’t see any DCUM threads about those smells. Which are actually proven to be carcinogenic far more than secondhand cannabis smell.

Anonymous wrote:Marijuana use and smell in public has truly become a public nuisance. I don't care about private, discreet, personal use of marijuana, but the open, emboldened use in public, particularly in front of children, is distasteful and dangerous.

Anonymous wrote:Used to be people reeked of tobacco smoke indoors and even in no smoking places.

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely. Here’s the revised post with that point added—still condensed, clear, and with nlI’m genuinely frustrated with how common this has become in DC. This is not a one-time issue. I keep seeing people stepping out of cars or waiting in public spaces smelling strongly of marijuana. It is obvious they have been smoking right before or even inside the car.

Today I saw a parent with their child at a restaurant. The smell was overwhelming. It was clear they had smoked in the car and then drove there with the child. That is not just disgusting, it is dangerous.

I also went to the DMV recently and there were several people in the waiting room who reeked of marijuana. No one said anything, but it was impossible not to notice. It feels like this behavior is just being accepted now.

Shouldn’t the smell of marijuana be probable cause to search someone or their vehicle, especially if they just got out of it? If someone reeked of alcohol and stepped out of a car with a child, they would be stopped immediately. Why is marijuana being treated differently?

This is not about personal freedom. It is about public safety, common sense, and protecting children. DC officials and police need to stop looking the other way. This is getting worse and it needs to be addressed.

Anonymous wrote:OP don’t try to reason with these pot smokers. They’ve killed their brain cells and can’t critically think through the issues. Hey morons - no one cares that you smoke pot. What we do care about is that you do it in public ( illegal and it freaking stinks) and that you do it while operating a motor vehicle ( also illegal). No moron - your right to smoke pot does not outweigh my right not to have a bunch of stoned out zombies operating a motor vehicle on the public highways absolutely putting lives at risk. Get it?

Anonymous wrote:I don't think most people realized that legalizing marijuana would make certain places stink, and expose children to dangerous levels of smoke. Probably because most people didn't imagine others could smoke that much.

I'm all for allowing patients more access to medical-use marijuana. But making it legal for everyone? Eh, what a hassle. I feel the same for alcohol, BTW. It's about the same level of toxicity.