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I live in an area where private consumption is de facto legal. A neighbor of mine would smoke weed constantly. A young woman would come to his apartment every

I live in an area where private consumption is de facto legal. A neighbor of mine would smoke weed constantly. A young woman would come to his apartment every month or so. He would open the door, invite her in, and she would refuse. They would talk at the door for about five minutes while marijuana smoke drifted into the hall. Then she’d leave. One day I asked she was his daughter, she said laughed and said, “No, I’m his parole officer!” So it’s pretty legal for indoors purposes. But - it’s not de facto legal in public. This is a big issue in public parks. Nobody wants their kids to share a park with potheads. Same applies for alcohol and tobacco. I’m fine with legalizing pot under the same conditions as alcohol - in your residence, buying from authorized dealers, high taxes, review boards, etc. But just look at the high number of alcohol related crimes. Not just drunk driving, but public intoxication too. Don’t expect legality pot to make the illegal uses go away. People will stop buy from illegal dealers, which will continue to be prosecuted (they don’t pay taxes). It won’t do much good or harm.

cheeze 3y ago
> Nobody wants their kids to share a park with potheads I see this as no different than alcohol or tobacco (which you also called out) Growing up and not having a place to smoke, we'd always go to a park. But we'd go deep into the woods, etc. last thing we wanted to do was inconvenience someone else, leading to us getting caught. Same is true of when we drank booze. No need to do it in front of a family.
- pyuser583 3y ago
  I’m talking about parks I can’t take my family to because of how much drinking and pot smoking is going on - not kids smoking the middle of the forest. The police give warnings, then only after a thousand warning give tickets. But at the end of the day, these parks are not usable because of “partying.” When I had kids I took pride in living in a lower income neighborhood. I didn’t want to be part of “white flight.” But park problem went from being a nuisance to a big problem when COVID hit. Parks were one of the only places kids could go. Now the kids are older I’m looking forward to leaving the soulless suburbs where all houses look the same. But public drinking and drug use made the public spaces in lower income neighborhoods unusable. Legalizing pot won’t help or hurt at all. But some people with convictions for possession deserve to have a light and temporary black mark on their record.

cheeze 3y ago

> Nobody wants their kids to share a park with potheads I see this as no different than alcohol or tobacco (which you also called out) Growing up and not having a place to smoke, we'd always go to a park. But we'd go deep into the woods, etc. last thing we wanted to do was inconvenience someone else, leading to us getting caught. Same is true of when we drank booze. No need to do it in front of a family.

pyuser583 3y ago
I’m talking about parks I can’t take my family to because of how much drinking and pot smoking is going on - not kids smoking the middle of the forest. The police give warnings, then only after a thousand warning give tickets. But at the end of the day, these parks are not usable because of “partying.” When I had kids I took pride in living in a lower income neighborhood. I didn’t want to be part of “white flight.” But park problem went from being a nuisance to a big problem when COVID hit. Parks were one of the only places kids could go. Now the kids are older I’m looking forward to leaving the soulless suburbs where all houses look the same. But public drinking and drug use made the public spaces in lower income neighborhoods unusable. Legalizing pot won’t help or hurt at all. But some people with convictions for possession deserve to have a light and temporary black mark on their record.