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tell me about it. I openly smoke marijuana in public places. Why? It's a LOT LESS HARMFUL THAN SECOND HAND TOBACCO. I see uninformed parents scowling at me f
by ziont 8y ago
tell me about it.
I openly smoke marijuana in public places. Why?
It's a LOT LESS HARMFUL THAN SECOND HAND TOBACCO.
I see uninformed parents scowling at me for blowing marijuana smoke away from them while they are smoking cigarettes infront of their kids.
Anyways, if you see a guy smoking weed around Robson square, that's me.
- ams6110 8y ago> It's a LOT LESS HARMFUL THAN SECOND HAND TOBACCO. Do you have a source to confirm that? I'd think it would be roughly similar: smoke of burning leaves.
- ziont 8y agoyou get tar but when you light up a tobacco it has all sorts of chemicals. you are not just burning tobacco leaf, you are burning dozens of chemicals they add to it. You can't even get high from second hand marijuana smoke outside. Hotboxing your car however, will get you high. Certainly better than being in a car with a tobacco enthusiast.
- stochastic_monk 8y agoTobacco causes cancer through Tobacco-specific nitrosamines generated during curing and burning. It’s not simply a matter of burning leaves.
- barrow-rider 8y agoThat is debatable; burning leaves or burning anything can mess you up with extended amounts of exposure. Firefighters have above-average rates of cancer, including lung cancer. This suggests that inhaling lots of smoke from ANYTHING on the regular isn't good for you. Example: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/cancer-biggest-killer-america-s-firefighters-n813411 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/cancer-biggest-killer-...
- stochastic_monk 8y agoIt’s worth discussing the risks from inhaling smoke, and thank you for the reference! However, it is not debatable that they are the primary causative agents in tobacco-derived cancers. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco-specific_nitrosamines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco-specific_nitrosamines
- ziont 8y agoBurning leaves is no more harmful than deodorants. Burning known and non debatable evidence of toxic chemicals in tobacco leaves harvest curing. Marijuana comes out ahead. So much misinformation about drugs. Heroin is safer than alcohol if moderately consumed. Addiction wise, not so great. but Tobacco is said to be harder to quit than heroin. I can attest to that.
- Simon_says 8y agoWhat if I don't want any kind of smoke in public places? I know I'm well into the minority on this one, but I think it's antisocial behavior to smoke anything where the general public will catch so much as a whiff of it and the people who knowingly do it are jerks, but for some reason this is very normalized behavior. I'm not anti-drug though; smoke whatever you want cloistered away from the public.
- coldtea 8y ago>What if I don't want any kind of smoke in public places? Then you can stay at home.
- ziont 8y agoeverybody gets so easily triggered now. let them. I really don't give a shit if people think smoking weed in public is antisocial behavior lol you aint seen nothing yet
- yqh 8y agoI personally hate the stench of weed. Prohibition is good because people think twice before making an entire street reek just because they want to get high.
- ziont 8y agoi dont know what part of earth you are from
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- ziont 8y agothen you should stay home, where no toxic fumes from cars, buildings, factories, cigarette smoker and airborne virus can affect you.