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> You should not be allowed to smoke in public, only at home. Why?

oslem 3y ago
To be honest, I don’t hate the smell but it is very pungent and dominates. Having been in several cities where marijuana is legalized, you can often only smell there smoke rather than getting to enjoy the smells of restaurants, food stands, and even just fresh laundry.
- Fluorescence 3y ago
  People smoking at home can be a lot more disruptive. I would get woken up at night because of the extreme pungency of my neighbour's weed. It can catch on the nose in a physical way beyond simply being smelly... although coming home to my house smelling of weedy cat urine was kind of miserable too. Given the choice, I say anyone smoking it should have to sit in a grow tent with air scrubbers otherwise stick to edibles.
  - coffeebeqn 3y ago
    Legalization gives people non-smelly options. Edibles, concentrates, vapes all have no or very subtle smell. It’s really the burning plant matter that causes the smell
    - gallexme 3y ago
      In the context of Germany, I don't think they decriminalize anything but buds and smoking /vaporization. edible,concentrates, extract vapes, drinks .... All likely gonna stay in a very weird spot legal wise
  - robertlagrant 3y ago
    Time to patent (and lobby to mandate) bongs with a 1m³ air filtration system attached to them. Who's in?
- saiya-jin 3y ago
  This can be countered in many ways, and I presume you realize that 'home' is ventilated into exactly same open air as everything else, basically nobody has carbon filters that would make the smell actually disappear. THC oil vapes don't have any typical smell, at least not the ones I've tried. They are superior to smoking plants in many ways, be it health effects, strength of effect or cost. You can have edibles (I don't like how they take very long to manifest but for medicinal use they should be better by principle). I am not against ban in public per se, but lets be consistent - cigarettes, cigars etc should be handled exactly same, with same punishments.
- cies 3y ago
  Same for cigars. This comes very close to "taste policing". If you can some ciggies on the street, then you can smoke all things (legal/decriminalized) on the street. Or it becomes whimsy.
antihero 3y ago
If you can get high from second hand smoke it could trigger mental health episodes.
rcme 3y ago
Because it’s unpleasant to be around? Many places are banning cigarette smoking in parks because it sucks to be around and contributes litter.
- lambdaba 3y ago
  I agree I just don't think it should be illegal to smoke outside just because of the smell, it seems kind of extreme.

To be honest, I don’t hate the smell but it is very pungent and dominates. Having been in several cities where marijuana is legalized, you can often only smell there smoke rather than getting to enjoy the smells of restaurants, food stands, and even just fresh laundry.

Fluorescence 3y ago
People smoking at home can be a lot more disruptive. I would get woken up at night because of the extreme pungency of my neighbour's weed. It can catch on the nose in a physical way beyond simply being smelly... although coming home to my house smelling of weedy cat urine was kind of miserable too. Given the choice, I say anyone smoking it should have to sit in a grow tent with air scrubbers otherwise stick to edibles.
- coffeebeqn 3y ago
  Legalization gives people non-smelly options. Edibles, concentrates, vapes all have no or very subtle smell. It’s really the burning plant matter that causes the smell
  - gallexme 3y ago
    In the context of Germany, I don't think they decriminalize anything but buds and smoking /vaporization. edible,concentrates, extract vapes, drinks .... All likely gonna stay in a very weird spot legal wise
- robertlagrant 3y ago
  Time to patent (and lobby to mandate) bongs with a 1m³ air filtration system attached to them. Who's in?
saiya-jin 3y ago
This can be countered in many ways, and I presume you realize that 'home' is ventilated into exactly same open air as everything else, basically nobody has carbon filters that would make the smell actually disappear. THC oil vapes don't have any typical smell, at least not the ones I've tried. They are superior to smoking plants in many ways, be it health effects, strength of effect or cost. You can have edibles (I don't like how they take very long to manifest but for medicinal use they should be better by principle). I am not against ban in public per se, but lets be consistent - cigarettes, cigars etc should be handled exactly same, with same punishments.
cies 3y ago
Same for cigars. This comes very close to "taste policing". If you can some ciggies on the street, then you can smoke all things (legal/decriminalized) on the street. Or it becomes whimsy.

antihero 3y ago

If you can get high from second hand smoke it could trigger mental health episodes.

rcme 3y ago

Because it’s unpleasant to be around? Many places are banning cigarette smoking in parks because it sucks to be around and contributes litter.

lambdaba 3y ago
I agree I just don't think it should be illegal to smoke outside just because of the smell, it seems kind of extreme.