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My biggest complaint is the smell. I absolutely hate it. The smell is strong and spreads everywhere. Some people in our community smoke marijuana while walking

• chaostheory 9mo ago
  Yeah, people need to switch to edibles as a courtesy
• codybontecou 9mo ago
  That's just smoking in public. It's an issue regardless of what's being smoked.
  • andreygrehov 9mo ago
    Not really. Regular cigarette smoke is less intense and dissipates pretty quickly outdoors. Marijuana smoke is much stronger, lingers longer, and carries farther, so it impacts everyone nearby a lot more.
    • matwood 9mo ago
      It's fine to dislike the smell, but I find cigarette smoke far more unappealing. I grew up in a time where everyone seemed to smoke everywhere. Catching a waft of weed every once in awhile is much more preferable.
      • andreygrehov 9mo ago
        That wasn't the point. This isn't about personal preference or which smell someone finds more 'appealing'. The point is intensity and spread. Cannabis smoke is much stronger, lingers longer, and carries farther in open air than cigarette smoke, so it affects more people nearby regardless of anyone's taste.
        • rolph 9mo ago
          fresh manure would likely not be up your alley, but some people find it home-like.
          • andreygrehov 9mo ago
            These people have a choice, whereas I don’t.
            • LargoLasskhyfv 9mo ago
              You've got choices. One of them would be https://www.draeger.com/en-us_us/Productfinder/Respiratory-Protection/Respiratory-Masks#products https://www.draeger.com/en-us_us/Productfinder/Respiratory-P...
              • andreygrehov 9mo ago
                Do you propose that for my wife or our newborn? Why don't you smoke cannabis in it?
                • LargoLasskhyfv 9mo ago
                  Uhm. I actually sorta do. With an older version of this: https://www.storz-bickel.com/en/volcanoclassic https://www.storz-bickel.com/en/volcanoclassic :-) That aside, where I live my nearest neighbors are about half a mile away, and behind me is nothing but my forest as far as I can see(which isn't that much, because mountain ridges, but still ;-> ), and behind that national forest. When I descend into more densely populated areas, I'm not trailing clouds of purple haze behind me. Be it for reasons of preferred soberness while doing business, shopping, not driving under the influence, whatever. At the same time I'm feeling undisturbed by most of the stuff, except sometimes for matters of taste. Thinking something like "Ugh! I'd never smoke that crap." I'm sure there are places where you'd be less disturbed by stuff like that. Maybe Park City, UT?
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• ndsipa_pomu 9mo ago
  It's not nearly as ubiquitous as car exhaust fumes/tyre wear pollution which I find to be a lot more objectionable as it's far more dangerous to us.
  • andreygrehov 9mo ago
    Classic whataboutism. The existence of problem A doesn’t cancel out problem B. Car exhaust being harmful doesn’t suddenly make strong marijuana smoke in public acceptable, especially around kids.
    • ndsipa_pomu 9mo ago
      I don't think it's whataboutism to point out the far bigger problem. There's evidence to show that vehicle pollution leads to respiratory issues in children and certainly reduces life expectancy. Meanwhile cannabis smoke has not been shown to have anything near that level of toxicity and is certainly less common. It hardly makes any sense to focus on the far smaller issue that doesn't seem to cause any issues apart from pearl clutching.
      • andreygrehov 9mo ago
        The problems can and do co-exist. The list is endless and that's why it's whataboutism.
        • ndsipa_pomu 9mo ago
          I disagree as the air quality issue is dominated by vehicle pollution. The smell of cannabis in open areas is hardly even worth discussing as it's such a minor issue. Putting effort into addressing a minor issue when there's life threatening air pollution issues would be completely inappropriate and misguided. Whataboutism would be more like comparing cannabis odour to people who fart in lifts.
          • andreygrehov 9mo ago
• hackingonempty 9mo ago
  I can't stand perfume. I absolutely hate it. The smell is strong and spreads everywhere. Some people in our community wear perfume while indoors. At the same time, my wife takes our newborn shopping. It’s absolutely unacceptable.
  • andreygrehov 9mo ago
    Smell preference is NOT the issue. Forced exposure is. You can walk away from perfume. You can't walk away from a cloud that follows you down the street.
• PyWoody 9mo ago
  The hardest part about the conversation with regards to the smell of weed is how quickly you can become noseblind to it. I don't smoke weed but I had a roommate in college that smoked in the apartment 24/hours a day. The first week was unbearable. I could barely breath, my clothes reeked of weed, even my books reeked of it. But, after that first week, I didn't even notice the smell. Yeah, when he lit up I'd notice it for a second but nothing more than that. Enough time has passed that I'm no longer noseblind to it but I wish I still were. I can smell it when the car ahead of me is smoking, I can smell it when the person on the other side of the bar recently smoked, hell, I can smell it in my car as soon as I start to approach my neighboring state where it's legal. At my last house I was tearing my hair out trying to catch the skunk or fox that made my yard reek every night during the summer. Of course, eventually I realized it coincided with my neighbors college-aged kid coming home for summer break and smoking in their room. Anyone that says that cigarette smoke, perfume, car exhaust, people's breath in general, smell to any degree that weed does to non-smokers is incredulous. Just because you smoke and you don't recognize it, doesn't mean that everyone around you can't.
• senectus1 9mo ago
  is smoking it the only way you get these benefits? Surely edibles work just as well?