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last time i checked there was still a street next to the Dam with ten or so of these operations. They're not going away anytime soon. But you have to realise po

last time i checked there was still a street next to the Dam with ten or so of these operations. They're not going away anytime soon. But you have to realise pot stinks immensely. it is no fun to have a street smell of weed. So some restrictions in the center of Amsterdam are in order, else the inner city will be clouded in pot-smog.

kristofferR 10y ago
Weird, I've never heard anyone describe the smell of weed as stinky. It's strong and distinct, sure, but not bad smelling. Anyway, you have it backwards. Because the coffeeshops are getting overcrowded people are basically forced to smoke outside instead, which is obviously way more smelly than people smoking inside coffeeshops (which can be odorless outside if done properly).
- SolaceQuantum 10y ago
  Weed has always smelled to me of skunk spray. By potheads it's been described to me as "gods vagina" smell, which doesn't seem much better. If one had sensitivity to scent, a cityscape reeking of weed would be fairly unpleasant.
  - dkersten 10y ago
    I think it's an "acquired taste" kind of thing: it doesn't smell nice... until it does.
  - mercer 10y ago
    God's vagina is actually a really clever way to describe it. Pungent, and to a large degree unpleasant to many people, but irresistible if you're into that sort of thing.
- kasey_junk 10y ago
  Pot smoke is routinely described as stinky. Lots & lots of people, including me do not like the smell. That said I'm not sure the smell would be a reason to criminalize it.
  - pbhjpbhj 10y ago
    Indeed it's a distinctive smell that many find obnoxious, like cigarette smoke to non-smokers (personally I don't mind either). In the UK the police at various times have handed out scratch-and-sniff cards with a "smell this smell nearby, call the police" because of the distinctive nature of the smell. I'd say another analogue would be ripe cheese, to a cheese lover it's probably delicious to someone else it's sweaty-foot smell.
- diminoten 10y ago
  Oh yes, the smell of weed is most certainly stinky. I lived in Washington, D.C. for a time and you could regularly walk past a group of folks and get hit in the face quite abruptly by the repugnant odor.
  - eric_h 10y ago
    Yep. "Damn, that shit smells skunky!" is generally an observation that it smells as though it's high quality. The similarity to the smell of a skunk is certainly there, though personally I don't find it nearly as offensive as driving past a roadkill skunk, and further the scent doesn't stick around for very long at all (unlike the smell of tobacco, which I believe is due to the fact that the tar content of marijuana smoke is significantly lower than tobacco, so it isn't as 'sticky').
- collyw 10y ago
  I have. It usually implies quality.
cr1895 10y ago
There are around 155 coffeeshops in Amsterdam, a number which is only decreasing as the Gemeente are not issuing new coffeeshop licenses and coffeeshops have and continue to be closed due to city cleaning-up initiatives and on occasion related crime, but still far more than 10.

kristofferR 10y ago

Weird, I've never heard anyone describe the smell of weed as stinky. It's strong and distinct, sure, but not bad smelling. Anyway, you have it backwards. Because the coffeeshops are getting overcrowded people are basically forced to smoke outside instead, which is obviously way more smelly than people smoking inside coffeeshops (which can be odorless outside if done properly).

SolaceQuantum 10y ago
Weed has always smelled to me of skunk spray. By potheads it's been described to me as "gods vagina" smell, which doesn't seem much better. If one had sensitivity to scent, a cityscape reeking of weed would be fairly unpleasant.
- dkersten 10y ago
  I think it's an "acquired taste" kind of thing: it doesn't smell nice... until it does.
- mercer 10y ago
  God's vagina is actually a really clever way to describe it. Pungent, and to a large degree unpleasant to many people, but irresistible if you're into that sort of thing.
kasey_junk 10y ago
Pot smoke is routinely described as stinky. Lots & lots of people, including me do not like the smell. That said I'm not sure the smell would be a reason to criminalize it.
- pbhjpbhj 10y ago
  Indeed it's a distinctive smell that many find obnoxious, like cigarette smoke to non-smokers (personally I don't mind either). In the UK the police at various times have handed out scratch-and-sniff cards with a "smell this smell nearby, call the police" because of the distinctive nature of the smell. I'd say another analogue would be ripe cheese, to a cheese lover it's probably delicious to someone else it's sweaty-foot smell.
diminoten 10y ago
Oh yes, the smell of weed is most certainly stinky. I lived in Washington, D.C. for a time and you could regularly walk past a group of folks and get hit in the face quite abruptly by the repugnant odor.
- eric_h 10y ago
  Yep. "Damn, that shit smells skunky!" is generally an observation that it smells as though it's high quality. The similarity to the smell of a skunk is certainly there, though personally I don't find it nearly as offensive as driving past a roadkill skunk, and further the scent doesn't stick around for very long at all (unlike the smell of tobacco, which I believe is due to the fact that the tar content of marijuana smoke is significantly lower than tobacco, so it isn't as 'sticky').
collyw 10y ago
I have. It usually implies quality.

cr1895 10y ago

There are around 155 coffeeshops in Amsterdam, a number which is only decreasing as the Gemeente are not issuing new coffeeshop licenses and coffeeshops have and continue to be closed due to city cleaning-up initiatives and on occasion related crime, but still far more than 10.