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I feel like odours should be treated like noise. Faint odours or odours which occur infrequently should be permitable, but odour which disrupts the reasonable e

I feel like odours should be treated like noise. Faint odours or odours which occur infrequently should be permitable, but odour which disrupts the reasonable enjoyment of someone’s home should be suppressed. Generally I have pretty low sympathy for marijuana smokers given that there are many other ways to consume marijuana which all are better for your health than smoking.

fsociety 4y ago
It is up in the air if edibles are “healthier” than smoking. Definitely better for your lungs, but there are plenty of other reasons to prefer smoking/vaping over edibles. It is better to not judge people on their drug use.
- __turbobrew__ 4y ago
  The current guidance by my national health provider (Canada) claims that smoking is worse for your health. It is pretty well established that inhaling any kind of smoke is bad for your teeth, mouth, throat, and lungs — marijuana included.
genocidicbunny 4y ago
What is reasonable though? With sound, we can do things to quantify it, but how do you do that for odours? Do you define it as ppm? Ppm of what specifically? You don't really want to be opening the pandora's box of using human perception to define the limits because that is just fraught with potential for mistakes, selective enforcement and abuse.
- __turbobrew__ 4y ago
  In my locale the rule about noise is if you can hear it from the sidewalk in front of the property during night time it is too loud. A similar rule of thumb could be used for smells.
  - genocidicbunny 4y ago
    Rules of thumb are not the best of ideas when it comes to legalities. Your locale probably either has a specific limit defined (dB at X distance) or has never been challenged on its rule.
    - __turbobrew__ 4y ago
      In my locale there is no set distance: "point of reception" means: (a) a point in a lane or street, adjacent to but outside of the property occupied by the recipient of the noise or sound, that represents the shortest distance between that property and the source of the noise; or (b) where no lane, street, or other public property exists between the recipient and the source, any point outside the property line of the real property from which the noise or sound emanates; (c) in the case of noise emanating from inside Rogers Arena, a point as defined in sub paragraph (a) or (b) or a point immediately adjacent to and outside of any dwelling unit located within the site legally described as PID: 018-500-374, Lot 221, Plan LMP 12038; and (d) in any case at least 1.2 m above the surface of the ground There are specific db limits however
      - genocidicbunny 4y ago
        Those are still well defined limits, which reasonably account for property size and shape. That is in line with the point I was trying to make -- there are unambiguous limits defined. Much harder to do that with smell.

fsociety 4y ago

It is up in the air if edibles are “healthier” than smoking. Definitely better for your lungs, but there are plenty of other reasons to prefer smoking/vaping over edibles. It is better to not judge people on their drug use.

__turbobrew__ 4y ago
The current guidance by my national health provider (Canada) claims that smoking is worse for your health. It is pretty well established that inhaling any kind of smoke is bad for your teeth, mouth, throat, and lungs — marijuana included.

genocidicbunny 4y ago

What is reasonable though? With sound, we can do things to quantify it, but how do you do that for odours? Do you define it as ppm? Ppm of what specifically? You don't really want to be opening the pandora's box of using human perception to define the limits because that is just fraught with potential for mistakes, selective enforcement and abuse.

__turbobrew__ 4y ago
In my locale the rule about noise is if you can hear it from the sidewalk in front of the property during night time it is too loud. A similar rule of thumb could be used for smells.
- genocidicbunny 4y ago
  Rules of thumb are not the best of ideas when it comes to legalities. Your locale probably either has a specific limit defined (dB at X distance) or has never been challenged on its rule.
  - __turbobrew__ 4y ago
    In my locale there is no set distance: "point of reception" means: (a) a point in a lane or street, adjacent to but outside of the property occupied by the recipient of the noise or sound, that represents the shortest distance between that property and the source of the noise; or (b) where no lane, street, or other public property exists between the recipient and the source, any point outside the property line of the real property from which the noise or sound emanates; (c) in the case of noise emanating from inside Rogers Arena, a point as defined in sub paragraph (a) or (b) or a point immediately adjacent to and outside of any dwelling unit located within the site legally described as PID: 018-500-374, Lot 221, Plan LMP 12038; and (d) in any case at least 1.2 m above the surface of the ground There are specific db limits however
    - genocidicbunny 4y ago
      Those are still well defined limits, which reasonably account for property size and shape. That is in line with the point I was trying to make -- there are unambiguous limits defined. Much harder to do that with smell.