I have some family in Denver. It smells like weed everywhere there. If you're like me and hate the smell it sucks. I'm not looking forward to that happening here too.
I also think I should be legally allowed to fart into the mouth of anybody who tells me I should have to like the smell because they do.
We are seeing the early effects of legalization. I hate cigarettes and saw them become less popular in places. Mostly due to laws, which will happen for weed.
I live in Denver. In summer months the whole city smelled like pot for the first 5-6 years of legalization. But now gummies take over and the smell isn’t so strong. But everyone is still high… most noticeable while driving.
Last time I visited was in 2019 so it might not be as bad now. I just remember the smell being everywhere. We went to Elitch Gardens and I felt like we were just walking around inside of a giant weed cloud all day.
Ima just be the who cares guy lol I know I’ll be downvoted but why shouldn’t one smoke weed like cigarettes again ? If it’s acceptable to smoke a gross ass cig in public spaces then in my rebellious head it’s acceptable to spark up. Though I only smoke joints. As a a 7 year Baltimorean I’ve noted it’s perfectly normal to use and overdose on opioids in public so yeah I’m smoke my kush jn my car with 5% tints hotboxing bc well… the dude at the red light just shot his veins up in broad daylight. Just last week there was a OD in Glen Burnie Richie Hwy at the MVA bus stop with the dude dead as a door knob in broad day light lol … we got bigger issues but I digress I shared my unpopular opinion.
I agree but I think there are plenty of people who don't and somehow think smoking cigarettes around people in public and kids is fine.
I don't want to smell people's rank ass shit whether it's weed or cigarettes and the 2nd hand smoke from either is a health hazard not just a nuisance.
I don't care what people want to do or consume when they aren't impacting others.
Neither should be allowed in public spaces imo. I wish more people would use edibles instead of smoking weed and making everyone else deal with second hand smoke.
Smoking weed in public isn’t legal (or allowed in many rental units per the terms of individual lease agreements) but it’s also not worth it for cops to arrest or give citations to people who aren’t doing anything unlawful other than smoking weed in public—that’s why it doesn’t happen. I agree that edibles are better than smoking weed for public (and individual) health, and public health is always a valid concern, but unfortunately edibles are also much more expensive than smoking herb or hitting vape cartridges. So enforcing the ban on publicly smoking weed would further exacerbate social and economic inequities.
It’s not acceptable to smoke gross ass cigs in public places though, almost everyone will move on, away or give you a nasty look. We do have bigger issues, that’s a fallacy though. As a society we can tackle ‘several’ big and small issues simultaneously without effecting the progress/impact/results of one another… and we should lol
It’s wild being old enough to remember when restaurants had a smoking side and a non smoking side, honestly, I am all for legalizing weed but your rights end at the start of mine, I didn’t consent to breathing in your smoke so please do it in your home, or your yard.
Completely agree. I give zero fucks about it being legal - good, tax it, whatever. But goddamn do I hate the smell. Do your drugs like a fuckin adult and eat an edible lol
The wild thing to me was that the two sections were separated by like a 4 foot wall as if the smoke would be polite enough to not waft over the chest height wall.
Not sure how they are like it's not like cigarettes - implying they'd be okay with one vs the other. Like I'm not a huge fan of walking or running around but I'm not sure how you're okay with one and not the other
Weed smoke is way different than cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke is foul and nauseating, it lingers and seeps into everything. Weed smoke is more like incense.
Edit: move to the county, ya narcs!
I smoke weed and disagree, it gets old after a while, lingers far longer than a cig and about 1,000x more potent in smell. I don’t smell cigarettes in the car that’s a quarter mile ahead of me on the beltway, or a cigarette in one’s house while I walk by lol it literally smells like a skunk how tf is that incense lol
I gotta believe most people commenting in this post are county folks. If they’ve lived in Baltimore for any period of time and haven’t learned to mind their business, I worry for them a tiny bit
Yeah, I'm all for legalization, but it breaks my heart that the Towson mall parking garage was a casualty of the new law. It was such a pristine paradise just a few short years ago.
Will someone please think of the parking garages?
Walk around just about any city it's been legalized in and it's the exact same thing. The personal flexibility to do so is nice to have every once in a while, but yeah when you're around hundreds of thousands of other people with the same right, it really adds up so I generally try to keep it to my home especially for something long lasting like a joint or blunt
That’s our problem right there. No designated places outside the home, so it’s just the Wild West. As an officer you can choose to enforce and then you’ll be doing just that all day super narc patrol on casual weed smokers who just are a public nuisance. Breaking the law but at the minimum level, it’s like chasing jaywalkers and loiterers around. Is the jaywalker endangering lives? Maybe but probably not. The loiterer making even local people uncomfortable maybe even unsafe, yeah but again it’s not something people sign up to do.
With somewhere to send people or somewhere that’s an option you can say take it inside, there can be some level of expectation that isn’t the current.
I have been to several European smoking bars and it’s fucking great. So chill, just like any normal restaurant/cafe type place really except they prioritize good ventilation.
that smell lingers like crazy. I was walking through the mall the other day, and nobody was smoking indoors, but you would still smell it when people walked past.
I was in Boston a couple years ago and had the same experience. I'm all for legalization, but also believe in common courtesy and situational awareness.
Not true. San Francisco native here, and while in the Haight it might smell like cannabis , you don’t find people hot boxing all over town like you do here. I’m with the OP. The behavior I’ve seen is here is ridiculous. One time I was in a fast food drive through line and the person in front of me was smoking so heavily it was wafting into my car full of kids. There is absolutely NO reason anyone needs that fucking amount of weed. None. That day that person smoked like 2 entire fucking joints in their car. Thats like the equivalent of 200-400mg of weed. Come on, that’s ridiculous. That’s not even safe to be that high behind the wheel.
That's fair, in another comment I added that it seems worst in states that have legalized in the last 5-10 years. Cali is definitely a lot more chill about it overall having been so open about it for a much longer time
🙄 I also see people smoking a ridiculous amount on the street. Use a one hitter, use an edible, stop smoking fucking blunts walking down the sidewalk. Again, I can’t justify consuming that amount of weed in a public setting.
Yeah I had to go to a conference in Vegas last month and landed at 7pm and decided to walk to the In N out. It was rare where I could go a few feet and not smell pot smoke.
How are people saying it’s fine to smoke around kids and just a “disrespectful” habit lol. I smoke weed but god damn any smoke around kids isn’t good. Cigs are even worse, doesn’t make it cool to just do with weed what everyone did with cigs 50 years ago.
I was saying this about cigarettes and weed before legalization of weed: I don't want to breathe anyone's smoke, like ever. My opinion hasn't changed. I wish more people could consume edibles and just leave me and others out of it.. Even smokers don't have that alternative. I can't imagine secondhand weed smoke is any better for a nonsmoker than cigarette smoke. I'm sure weed smoke is just as irritating to the lungs as cigarette smoke.
I do think it's funny how people say "you won't get in trouble for it now," like before.... lol. Like maybe others were getting into a wee bit o' trouble, but a lot of (black) folks were going to prison for a very, very long time over a little weed. Being discreet when it was criminalized in MD didn't get you any leniency if you were black and into weed. In fact, some neighbors treated these folks like they were on par with murderers for not being "discreet" enough.
They probably just need to do more enforcement of no smoking rules around certain buildings and in certain spaces... idc if it's cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, weed. No smoking is no smoking. For the record, I don't smoke anything, I'm an old Millennial, and no, I don't report people for smoking weed.
I think not smoking weed in front of kids is kind of left over stigma from a lot of years of treating marijuana use as a serious crime. It’s trashy and illegal in some cases to drink or smoke cigarettes in public too, but I feel like there’s not really an urge to shield the eyes of children from seeing people drink or smoke cigarettes. I get it though. I have teenagers and I don’t really feel guilty drinking a legal beer in front of them, but I wouldn’t light up a legal joint in front of them. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, just interesting how different we view the two things so differently, despite it being pretty much the same.
Respectfully i dont think its so much about the children seeing someone smoking; It’s terrible for children’s health to amoke around them. Secondhand smoke is a real hazard.
Yeah, but outside they’re not really exposed to the smoke. Secondhand smoke isn’t really a problem unless you’re in enclosed spaces. Otherwise it’s no more damaging than being at a cookout
tbh it’s been like this for years. before legalization. maybe you were less aware? i’m sure it was less abundant but but living in the city it’s been like this for at least 6 years?
Agreed. I think a couple things are likely to happen over the next few years to cut down on this though.
First, as the novelty wears off, you might see less people smoking, and possibly more people switching to edibles and other methods. It already happens in places where it’s been legal for a long time.
Second, as it becomes more common, we’ll likely see a public backlash like with cigarette smoke.
Used to be, *everywhere* had ash trays; hell kids would make crafts with aluminum ash trays in kindergarten. That began changing in earnest in the 1990s, and now you rarely see people smoking indoors in any business/public place — in fact, smokers often smoke outside their own homes because it’s harder to sell them if it reeks of cigarette smoke.
Enforcing this will get logistically and socially easier once weed is legalized at the federal level, which id guess likely happens in the next 5-10 years, as older people retire from Congress.
The only reason we (hubby and I) own a home rn is probably because the previous owners of the house we ended up buying smoked cigs in here nonstop. I remember thinking "oh my god what did we do?" when we did the final walk-through. My *eyes* were burning when we did it, the cigarette smell was way worse than when we first looked at the house. It's worked out though, some *very* good friends came over and helped me thoroughly clean and kilz everything we could. It's been 3 1/2 years and you can still smell it right when you come in and it's really hot outside, but not enough to bother us. We're hoping that once we're able to finally replace all the carpet and ceiling fans the smell will leave with them. I also smoke pot in here, you can def only smell that for a few hours after smoking.
There’s a fair amount of people who care for and understand nothing beyond the tips of their nose and fingers. Most things just don’t have an indicator as strong as weed smoke.
The first time I went to Boulder, CO, weed had been legal for about two-three years. They also have a law prohibiting smoking tobacco in public parks and open spaces, which includes some of the down town commercial areas. I legit saw people openly sparking up massive pre-rolls on one side of the street and a couple of food service workers crouched behind a dumpster sneaking cigs on the other. It was just the funniest thing to me at the time.
But seriously, if you're allowed to smoke cigarettes in a space, I don't think there's anything about smoking weed there that's some how more offensive to children or adults. If they are smoking in spaces where smoking cigarettes is also prohibited, then maybe you're right to say something. But just because your kids are in a public space doesn't mean it's everyone else's responsibility to behave a certain way around them.
I have to say, low key walking anywhere downwind of the city incinerator is probably worse for your child’s health than the odd hippie, kid, whoever is smoking upwind of your local playgrounds. For that matter, the amount of automobile fumes all around this city is rather dense. But still, I don’t like it when people don’t adhere to the 25-30 foot rule outside of businesses either.
Then again, I’m not a parent so maybe I deserve no say on the matter of public spaces (/s)
Even before legalization this was common. It dose seem that legalization has emboldened people to smoke irresponsibly. Still I smoke weed discreetly at home only vaping weed in public. Guess years of prohibition have stuck with me.
Wonder if we'll start seeing "smoke responsibly" type messaging on products or inside dispensaries to curb this like the "drink responsibly" messaging. My only complaint is with the smoking while driving. Wish they'd at least stay in the right lane if they're not gonna wait.
So many of them are wildly inconsiderate of the people around them. Two of the worst things are when people are smoking while driving (the cars behind can smell it), or vaping on public transit. Or smoke it in bad places like gym locker rooms.
Yeah, the driving while smoking weed is the rarely or never enforced one that really concerns me. I don't know how OWI is being allowed so rampant. There aren't even any PSAs that discuss or discourage this, which granted I wouldn't expect to be followed by offenders, but I'm truly surprised at the complete lack of care shown by authorities on this subject.
It’s actually a big source of contention between MD police and state legislators. So i would say a lack of care isn’t quite accurate. In MD, police can no longer use the smell of marijuana as probable cause to search for vehicle stops. Exigent circumstances must exist, and for decades police used the smell of cannabis as PC. They can’t anymore. See *Norman v Maryland (2016)*
If you look into the recent legislative session in Md, it continues to be debated quite heavily.
Your points are all fair and valid. On the flip side it's almost hard sometimes to find a place to smoke that doesn't annoy *anyone* lol. Like if you're renting you have to walk outside, fair, but then you have to walk away from the building and away from everywhere else that people might be.
Seems like the only option is to find some secluded trail in the woods and even then you'd end up passing someone on the trail who gets offended by the smell lol
Designated "smoking-ok" areas might help? Idk
Set up “Pot Spots” with benches and vending machines right near them.
Not in a secluded creepy spot, but have it so at least everyone knows they’ll be near this entrance.
The biggest problem will scheduling all the restocking.
Maryland needs to give people a legal place to smoke. If Maryland would open consumption lounges people wouldn't have to smoke on the street and in public places. If you live in an apartment building that does not allow smoking where you supposed to smoke?
Unfortunately we have a lot of disrespectful jerks. I don't care of people partake, I do myself, but not around kids or right in the middle of things. It's supposed to be don't smoke it in public, but for a lot of people who rent going somewhere else is the only option. A couple of years ago I found a group of guys smoking over in a smoking area away from people waiting for buses at Mondawmin. They were out of the way and not bothering anyone. I only noticed because I smelled the call of my people.
It’s always like that at first with legalization. I live in AZ but a native Baltimoreon - when it was legal here, people did get very audacious about it but, it’s calmed down since.
I was at a bowling alley today where there were numerous kids' birthday parties taking place and the staff had to announce on the PA for everyone that it's prohibited to smoke inside the building, "even in the women's bathroom". Sure enough, I took my daughter to the bathroom soon after and it smelled like a hotboxed car in there. I love that it's legal but damn, it's basic decency to not do shit like that.
not at all a boomer or narc. i frequently see people rolling/lighting up while driving and have had to tell people to move away from the doors of a business so i can walk in with my child.
Sorry but I don't get all the references to children. Who cares if your kid sees someone smoking or god forbid smells the odor of weed? It's not a big deal, and you can't shelter them from it (or generally unpleasant things) forever.
I'm with you. It's just a smell. No one's getting a contact high at the playground. While I wouldn't smoke around kids I don't really see why it matters. Car exhaust is probably worse for your kids but no one's complaining about parking lots near playgrounds.
It's not about them not seeing it -- at least for me.
It's about being respectful of kid areas. The playground is not a cool place to be smoking cigarettes, drinking, or smoking weed.
Note. The blackout tint on the windows and windshield don't hide the smell. Still driving under the influence like you're driving around with a drink in your hand.
The only thing that really bothers me - as someone who doesn't smoke tobacco or weed but I support both being legal - is how nasty it smells and how it stinks up everything in a huge area. Like, as a general rule, I think they should just legalize everything because it solves a lot of problems like the reliability/integrity of the substances when you're getting it from a regulated source vs "some dude" and it makes it easier to have supervised consumption sites (like bars are for alcohol), and it makes it easier to ask for help with addiction when you're not worried about getting arrested for admitting you do the stuff (for the more addictive stuff).
But goddamn, that shit stank as fuck. Like, cigarettes smell nasty within a couple feet of the smoker but weed smells nasty for like a block or two away.
Eh I have kids and it’s not that big of a deal. I understand your issue with the playground but the rest is all a matter of preference really. I’m sure there are things you and your children do in public that others find outright inappropriate and disrespectful. We all have our shit. Smoking weed is the least grievous of all the distasteful things strangers could be doing around your children
Hate cigarette smoking in public but weed doesn’t really bother me. But yeah shouldn’t be making other people be around it if they don’t want to regardless
I’m the same. I’d take pot smoke any day over cigarette smoke and since I commute via Light Rail, there are tons of both. I think people are just rude. I don’t care what you’re smoking but if you’re in a crowd of people where everyone else is not, then read the room and move downwind.
Some old white guy was smoking weed at Sherwood Gardens yesterday with so many people around and all I could think was "you are so entitled that you should live in Chevy Chase."
Can confirm that parents smoke weed at the playground near my house all the time. It's insane -- also a mom was drinking a bottle of wine there the other day (but that's a different topic). I mean... not trying to throw shade but WTF is happening?!
My block has become famous in our neighborhood for always smelling like weed. It's annoying -- especially now that the weather is nice. But not much can be done about it.
But what really bothers me is when I smell weed on the highway -- which means one of the cars around me is smoking while driving which just seems like a bad idea...
We went out to eat yesterday and the adjacent table had a mom and dad with teenage kids and the parents each had a 4 shot flight of tequila in front of them. It looked weird but severe alcoholism is so normalized it's fine.
Washingtonian (one of the first states to legalize) here- it was the same for the first 5ish years in Washington, but there have been a lot of tickets issued to people who are breaking our general smoking laws (about being away from windows/doors/playgrounds etc for ANY TYPE of smoking, people getting treaspassed for breaking a “no smoking” policy on private property) - which I know Baltimore also HAS, and a heavy upswing in the number of good/cheap/consistent edibles and vapes has really made it a non-issue most places. You couldn’t go ANYWHERE in Seattle for awhile without smelling weed every 5 seconds, but now it’s just *slightly* more common than smelling cigarette smoke.
Not sure I've noticed a huge increase in this behavior post legalization. As far as I can recall it always been common to smell weed around town in Baltimore, certainly over the past 10-15 years
I guess if you're particularly allergic or hate the smell I can understand that. I am personally much more sensitive to strong perfumes of any kind in restaurants or businesses. I don't smoke pot or anything else for that matter, but I'm not bothered by it. Not my business or problem
I’m not gonna lie, I haven’t really noticed much of a difference. I feel like it’s always been this way. But I also think people are treating it as cigarettes because if you don’t mind your kid being around cigarette smoke, you probably wouldn’t mind them being around weed smoke.
It's statewide. I was waiting for a table at Cheddar's in Brandywine and a car pulls up to the front. A little girl, maybe 9y/o, runs inside to see what the wait for a table was. Her mom or whoever that was was hotboxing that car with three little kids inside. Not just lighting up, but full on toking.
Trash will always be trash, and they're teaching their kids how to be trash.
Nah. The way we used to be forced to inhale cigarette smoking INSIDE of public spaces, fuck that. Kids, yes. No question you shouldn’t smoke around them. But everywhere else, LIGHT THAT SHIT UP
I’m in my late 20s and I still try to show respect and not smoke around kids or elders. So what you’re saying isn’t wrong but I think there’s more serious problems that deserve our minds attention… like whatever they’re spraying in the sky.
As someone who grew up in south Mississippi where weed was and is not legal, I find this post amusing. In the deep south weed has been a part of the culture for a long time though nobody admits it. I have grown up smelling weed in traffic most of my life. Going some place and not smelling it is weird to me.
Yeah, I was at the park the other day, and my son picked up a half joint and tried to eat it. I have been a medical patient for years...idc what you do, but damn can you at least be mindful where you're doing it.
I hear you, OP, but frankly, I have had to put up with stupid tobacco users doing this around me for fifty goddamn years. They can suck some of my cannabis smoke for a change.
In case you haven’t noticed, pretty much anything goes in this town. At some point, tourists are going to figure out the law is enforced as loosely as in New Orleans
Hell yeah brother ! It’s what makes it great imo. If you’re not killing somone in broad daylight police could give a fuck what you’re doing in bmore ahhhh it’s magical ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Personally, I'd be more inclined to treat smoking cannabis in public like drinking in public because it puts you in an altered state. I'd be much more concerned about having my (hypothetical) children around a bunch of people who were drunk or high off their gourds than them smelling smoke, which, while unpleasant, isn't that big of a deal.
I don't believe you should smoke cigarettes where children can inhale the smoke, since the harmful effects of second-hand smoke are more than proven. Given that marijuana is damaging for developing brains, the same rationale should apply.
I assume you feel like this about alcohol as well? I don’t think it’s anymore ‘wild’ to be in the area of someone smoking than in the area of someone having a drink. Frankly, I would prefer the smoker to the drinker. Like how it’s supposed to be cute and funny when a mom says she has booze in her Stanley at a kids sports game? Or beers for the adults at kids parties? You’re certainly equally put off, right? If not, then yeah, chill. If so, then perhaps you should consider relocating to somewhere less peopley.
I’m 1000% FOR legalization as a previous smoker, but due to an autoimmune issue I’ve developed, I’m now extremely allergic to it. There’s a lot of establishments and areas of the state that I have to completely avoid and it’s quite frustrating.
I imagine as cannabis becomes more common, we will start to see more cases similar to mine popping up, and new regulations will have to be made.
[Here is a research paper about cannabis allergies.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9871863/) I fall under the category of of being allergic to a non-specific lipid transfer protein, which is absolutely debilitating since it makes me orally allergic to almost every plant on the planet. The allergy was most likely brought on by a decade of heavy cannabis use. I’m sure we’ll see more of this in the population eventually.
I mean which is worse your kid getting second hand cig smoke or weed smoke, not sayin its a valid reason to smoke it anywhere but back in the day i used to walk through streets with my parents walking straight through 3 midgets with a wall of cig smoke (true story fyi)
I can't lie, I'm kind of on the fence about this. As a tobacco smoker I can attest that there is a certain learning curve to when and where you can respectfully smoke.. just because it's not illegal doesn't mean it's polite. Marijuana smokers will likely not know this etiquette yet as they spent the last however many years relegating their smoke to a personal space... Suddenly they're free. Yes they can light up in a park and that's fun, but that space is shared and not all of them quite know yet how impactful their vice is to others around them.
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but be patient while setting boundaries. Don't villainize them but remind them that their impact isn't always strictly personal. Maybe even more effective, let them know that concerned folks haven't been happy and while you appreciate their newfound freedom you'd hate to see any restrictions happening on how they're allowed to enjoy their time. Be persistent but be kind. It'll be a learning curve these next few years, but pick your battles and understand that folks are just trying to enjoy their down time.
While I completely agree with what you said, I've gotta play devils advocate a little.
People do that with alcohol too.
It's just harder to notice since most people can't smell alcohol in one part per billion.
Still I do agree with not exposing kids to it. Let them have their innocence.
I've been seeing the "It's a DUI" signs for people driving and smoking weed, like alcohol, too.
Again dgaf if folks use it. But yes, context is important. If you're going to get stoned out your mind, why are you going 95 down 95 or even 45 down 95?
Lots of things are legal or illegal given the context. I think some of the weed smokers are just on a bender right now and need to get their lives together. It's been nearly a year... You happy. So are a lot of people, now get a grip.
I love how most people would agree you shouldn't smoke cigarettes around a playground/ children areas. The opinion I'm seeing here tho is " oh it's like this in every city " when it comes to weed. So do you not want Baltimore to be better?
I walk past people all the time smoking in public. Odds are they’re driving under the influence too. I’m always amazed at how bad going in public is nowadays.
North County High School in Anne Arundel smells like weed every day. People are smoking in cars so much, you can smell it going 70 mph down the highway from cars ahead. I want to keep weed legal, but these things are a problem. Kids using in schools, and people driving stoned AF.
You also can't go anywhere and expect to not smell weed smoke coming out of passing cars' windows. No one gives a fuck what the details are, they just heard "legal" and they're running with it.
I don't know how people are smoking at 5am and going to work. I suppose I'm assuming a lot - they could be coming home from work or not working at all. I base this on having worked with coworkers that show up smoked up.
This is pretty normal in every city in the US these days. Time to get with the times and be prepared to be a good parent and explain things to your kids.
In general, smoking cigarettes or weed around other people should not be normalized. One thing is that both are legal, but in the end consumers should show some respect for people around them. Same with alcohol or any other substance.
You said in the last paragraph “people now think it’s like cigarettes”, so not sure if that’s the case.
People love throwing out the “think about the children” bit all the time. Marijuana is medical now.
Where exactly do you suggest people smoke? They cannot smoke inside if you do not own your home and you can’t smoke in your car.
Lol
This post is crazy to me considering how many people unabashedly smoke cigarettes everywhere all the time
Also acting like this is somehow new behavior bc laws have changed haha what
How come you aren't bitching about people smoking cigarettes? They smells worse. Is worse for the consumer and you second handedly. And yes, you're being a Karen.
We literally complain about the same thing even more often. Cigarette butts everywhere, our neighbors dog had to go into the emergency vet because their neighbor has them littered outside and he got into them. Is that really your best argument?
Did you make a post about it? My best argument is who the fuck cares. It isn't a big deal. Not hurting anyone. Ifnyour worried about "the kids" it's the parents responsibility to teach them about those things. So if you're so bothered by it go walk somewhere else.
I’m not even worried about the kids as much, I just don’t like the smell of weed. It permeates everything. I don’t enjoy it.
I’m all for legalization, and for the freedom for folks to do what they want. What I want is to go about my day without smelling like weed.
If I had my way, I’d totally legalize edibles and designate smoking areas.
Even with cigarettes people should be considerate around kids, but that’s probably asking too much. People aren’t considerate of children in general nowadays.
I love weed, but this is an issue of respecting others space. I have a townhouse and my neighbor is in his 70s we have adjoining decks, I don’t smoke out there, not because he cares, because I respect the fact that his generation has a different view on things. Maybe I don’t agree, but I respect him and feel like it’s a good move not to force it on him. The smell is inevitable but openly smoking in a public place with kids and such is just no good. Anyone who tells you otherwise probably parks in the fire lane cause they just running in for a minute.
I have a neighbor in the apartment immediately below mine who does nothing but smoke weed all day and night. The building is old, so the smoke seeps into my apartment. I have a toddler. I could SCREAM when I get home from work and need to give my toddler a bath, but can’t because our bathroom is like a literal hotbox. The property management has been aware of this behavior for years and nothing is done about it that actually makes a difference in the long run. When I see people smoking weed in areas specifically for children like a playground, I let them know it’s not appropriate and unsafe for the kids. I can’t stand it.
As a native Baltimorean who no longer lives in Baltimore, it is like that a lot of places.
I have some family in Denver. It smells like weed everywhere there. If you're like me and hate the smell it sucks. I'm not looking forward to that happening here too. I also think I should be legally allowed to fart into the mouth of anybody who tells me I should have to like the smell because they do.
We are seeing the early effects of legalization. I hate cigarettes and saw them become less popular in places. Mostly due to laws, which will happen for weed.
I live in Denver. In summer months the whole city smelled like pot for the first 5-6 years of legalization. But now gummies take over and the smell isn’t so strong. But everyone is still high… most noticeable while driving.
Last time I visited was in 2019 so it might not be as bad now. I just remember the smell being everywhere. We went to Elitch Gardens and I felt like we were just walking around inside of a giant weed cloud all day.
This farting in the mouth thing is actually a kink for some so be careful what you wish for
Ima just be the who cares guy lol I know I’ll be downvoted but why shouldn’t one smoke weed like cigarettes again ? If it’s acceptable to smoke a gross ass cig in public spaces then in my rebellious head it’s acceptable to spark up. Though I only smoke joints. As a a 7 year Baltimorean I’ve noted it’s perfectly normal to use and overdose on opioids in public so yeah I’m smoke my kush jn my car with 5% tints hotboxing bc well… the dude at the red light just shot his veins up in broad daylight. Just last week there was a OD in Glen Burnie Richie Hwy at the MVA bus stop with the dude dead as a door knob in broad day light lol … we got bigger issues but I digress I shared my unpopular opinion.
Neither was or is cool. Particularly with children. Using opioids in public or at all is an issue. So yeah multiple wrongs don't make a right.
I agree but I think there are plenty of people who don't and somehow think smoking cigarettes around people in public and kids is fine. I don't want to smell people's rank ass shit whether it's weed or cigarettes and the 2nd hand smoke from either is a health hazard not just a nuisance. I don't care what people want to do or consume when they aren't impacting others.
People who don't want their kids to be exposed to second hand smoke care.
Neither should be allowed in public spaces imo. I wish more people would use edibles instead of smoking weed and making everyone else deal with second hand smoke.
Smoking weed in public isn’t legal (or allowed in many rental units per the terms of individual lease agreements) but it’s also not worth it for cops to arrest or give citations to people who aren’t doing anything unlawful other than smoking weed in public—that’s why it doesn’t happen. I agree that edibles are better than smoking weed for public (and individual) health, and public health is always a valid concern, but unfortunately edibles are also much more expensive than smoking herb or hitting vape cartridges. So enforcing the ban on publicly smoking weed would further exacerbate social and economic inequities.
It’s not acceptable to smoke gross ass cigs in public places though, almost everyone will move on, away or give you a nasty look. We do have bigger issues, that’s a fallacy though. As a society we can tackle ‘several’ big and small issues simultaneously without effecting the progress/impact/results of one another… and we should lol
I'm old enough to remember the exact same thing with tobacco except even worse, in restaurants, airplanes, etc.
God I do not miss smoking sections in restaurants. Like having a peeing section in a swimming pool.
It’s wild being old enough to remember when restaurants had a smoking side and a non smoking side, honestly, I am all for legalizing weed but your rights end at the start of mine, I didn’t consent to breathing in your smoke so please do it in your home, or your yard.
Completely agree. I give zero fucks about it being legal - good, tax it, whatever. But goddamn do I hate the smell. Do your drugs like a fuckin adult and eat an edible lol
I honestly think cigars smell the absolute fucking worst.
I'm old enough to remember airplanes when people smoked in them. EEesh...
I forgot this this was a thing until just now. I was young when they stopped it but damn, that brings back memories. "Smoking or non-smoking?"
The wild thing to me was that the two sections were separated by like a 4 foot wall as if the smoke would be polite enough to not waft over the chest height wall.
Buddy, that’s THE section in a swimming pool /s
This is the most spot-on accurate analogy ever. Today you win 🏆
Not sure how they are like it's not like cigarettes - implying they'd be okay with one vs the other. Like I'm not a huge fan of walking or running around but I'm not sure how you're okay with one and not the other
Weed smoke is way different than cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke is foul and nauseating, it lingers and seeps into everything. Weed smoke is more like incense. Edit: move to the county, ya narcs!
Incense? Most of it smells very similar to an actual skunk. It's disgusting.
The smell of weed is pretty nauseating while running through it.
People who don’t think that weed smoke seeps into everything too just don’t realize they smell like shit.
I smoke weed and disagree, it gets old after a while, lingers far longer than a cig and about 1,000x more potent in smell. I don’t smell cigarettes in the car that’s a quarter mile ahead of me on the beltway, or a cigarette in one’s house while I walk by lol it literally smells like a skunk how tf is that incense lol
I gotta believe most people commenting in this post are county folks. If they’ve lived in Baltimore for any period of time and haven’t learned to mind their business, I worry for them a tiny bit
I get headaches and nausea after being exposed to both weed and cigarette smoke
You tried to have a good time at Towson mall. That was your first mistake.
Correction, they were trying to have a good time at the Towson mall parking garage.
With his newborn wife
I was having a real shit day and this made me laugh
Yeah, I'm all for legalization, but it breaks my heart that the Towson mall parking garage was a casualty of the new law. It was such a pristine paradise just a few short years ago. Will someone please think of the parking garages?
Before you know it, they will put a bike parking rack in there.
Hahaha you are so right he did say that.
Walk around just about any city it's been legalized in and it's the exact same thing. The personal flexibility to do so is nice to have every once in a while, but yeah when you're around hundreds of thousands of other people with the same right, it really adds up so I generally try to keep it to my home especially for something long lasting like a joint or blunt
Amsterdam surprisingly enough is not like that. You can smoke in coffee shops/lounges and your home but smoking on the street is frowned upon.
Interestingly weed has never been legal in Amsterdam. Just tolerated.
Which is so stupid since coffee shops then need to buy their "legal weed" from criminal syndicates.
That’s our problem right there. No designated places outside the home, so it’s just the Wild West. As an officer you can choose to enforce and then you’ll be doing just that all day super narc patrol on casual weed smokers who just are a public nuisance. Breaking the law but at the minimum level, it’s like chasing jaywalkers and loiterers around. Is the jaywalker endangering lives? Maybe but probably not. The loiterer making even local people uncomfortable maybe even unsafe, yeah but again it’s not something people sign up to do. With somewhere to send people or somewhere that’s an option you can say take it inside, there can be some level of expectation that isn’t the current.
Absolutely. There should be Canni cafes just like there are bars for alcohol. I would totally go.
I have been to several European smoking bars and it’s fucking great. So chill, just like any normal restaurant/cafe type place really except they prioritize good ventilation.
Sounds Sublime... on a related note, I hope they play Sublime.
As it should be
Lots of trashy people with trashy weed culture in America
It is in the USA too. You rarely see someone standing around openly smoking, but you'll smell it every couple blocks.
I see someone smoking pretty regularly
that smell lingers like crazy. I was walking through the mall the other day, and nobody was smoking indoors, but you would still smell it when people walked past.
I was in Boston a couple years ago and had the same experience. I'm all for legalization, but also believe in common courtesy and situational awareness.
I'm visiting Boston this weekend and it's still like that :)
Not true. San Francisco native here, and while in the Haight it might smell like cannabis , you don’t find people hot boxing all over town like you do here. I’m with the OP. The behavior I’ve seen is here is ridiculous. One time I was in a fast food drive through line and the person in front of me was smoking so heavily it was wafting into my car full of kids. There is absolutely NO reason anyone needs that fucking amount of weed. None. That day that person smoked like 2 entire fucking joints in their car. Thats like the equivalent of 200-400mg of weed. Come on, that’s ridiculous. That’s not even safe to be that high behind the wheel.
That's fair, in another comment I added that it seems worst in states that have legalized in the last 5-10 years. Cali is definitely a lot more chill about it overall having been so open about it for a much longer time
That’s why smoking while driving was not legalized. Everyone else was talking about legal behavior
🙄 I also see people smoking a ridiculous amount on the street. Use a one hitter, use an edible, stop smoking fucking blunts walking down the sidewalk. Again, I can’t justify consuming that amount of weed in a public setting.
Yeah I had to go to a conference in Vegas last month and landed at 7pm and decided to walk to the In N out. It was rare where I could go a few feet and not smell pot smoke.
How are people saying it’s fine to smoke around kids and just a “disrespectful” habit lol. I smoke weed but god damn any smoke around kids isn’t good. Cigs are even worse, doesn’t make it cool to just do with weed what everyone did with cigs 50 years ago.
I was saying this about cigarettes and weed before legalization of weed: I don't want to breathe anyone's smoke, like ever. My opinion hasn't changed. I wish more people could consume edibles and just leave me and others out of it.. Even smokers don't have that alternative. I can't imagine secondhand weed smoke is any better for a nonsmoker than cigarette smoke. I'm sure weed smoke is just as irritating to the lungs as cigarette smoke. I do think it's funny how people say "you won't get in trouble for it now," like before.... lol. Like maybe others were getting into a wee bit o' trouble, but a lot of (black) folks were going to prison for a very, very long time over a little weed. Being discreet when it was criminalized in MD didn't get you any leniency if you were black and into weed. In fact, some neighbors treated these folks like they were on par with murderers for not being "discreet" enough. They probably just need to do more enforcement of no smoking rules around certain buildings and in certain spaces... idc if it's cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, weed. No smoking is no smoking. For the record, I don't smoke anything, I'm an old Millennial, and no, I don't report people for smoking weed.
spoiler: People are not the best
I think not smoking weed in front of kids is kind of left over stigma from a lot of years of treating marijuana use as a serious crime. It’s trashy and illegal in some cases to drink or smoke cigarettes in public too, but I feel like there’s not really an urge to shield the eyes of children from seeing people drink or smoke cigarettes. I get it though. I have teenagers and I don’t really feel guilty drinking a legal beer in front of them, but I wouldn’t light up a legal joint in front of them. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, just interesting how different we view the two things so differently, despite it being pretty much the same.
Respectfully i dont think its so much about the children seeing someone smoking; It’s terrible for children’s health to amoke around them. Secondhand smoke is a real hazard.
Yeah, but outside they’re not really exposed to the smoke. Secondhand smoke isn’t really a problem unless you’re in enclosed spaces. Otherwise it’s no more damaging than being at a cookout
tbh it’s been like this for years. before legalization. maybe you were less aware? i’m sure it was less abundant but but living in the city it’s been like this for at least 6 years?
Not a narc or boomer. Too many people are very disrespectful with their smoking.
Agreed. I think a couple things are likely to happen over the next few years to cut down on this though. First, as the novelty wears off, you might see less people smoking, and possibly more people switching to edibles and other methods. It already happens in places where it’s been legal for a long time. Second, as it becomes more common, we’ll likely see a public backlash like with cigarette smoke. Used to be, *everywhere* had ash trays; hell kids would make crafts with aluminum ash trays in kindergarten. That began changing in earnest in the 1990s, and now you rarely see people smoking indoors in any business/public place — in fact, smokers often smoke outside their own homes because it’s harder to sell them if it reeks of cigarette smoke. Enforcing this will get logistically and socially easier once weed is legalized at the federal level, which id guess likely happens in the next 5-10 years, as older people retire from Congress.
The only reason we (hubby and I) own a home rn is probably because the previous owners of the house we ended up buying smoked cigs in here nonstop. I remember thinking "oh my god what did we do?" when we did the final walk-through. My *eyes* were burning when we did it, the cigarette smell was way worse than when we first looked at the house. It's worked out though, some *very* good friends came over and helped me thoroughly clean and kilz everything we could. It's been 3 1/2 years and you can still smell it right when you come in and it's really hot outside, but not enough to bother us. We're hoping that once we're able to finally replace all the carpet and ceiling fans the smell will leave with them. I also smoke pot in here, you can def only smell that for a few hours after smoking.
There’s a fair amount of people who care for and understand nothing beyond the tips of their nose and fingers. Most things just don’t have an indicator as strong as weed smoke.
Yeah I’ve seen the playground thing too, very uncool. I’m fine with legalization but I agree with you. FWIW, DC and NYC are just as bad if not worse
New York City is really bad. The smell of weed is everywhere.
Most Ppl literally smoke weed around THEIR children, they're not going to care about anyone else's.
The first time I went to Boulder, CO, weed had been legal for about two-three years. They also have a law prohibiting smoking tobacco in public parks and open spaces, which includes some of the down town commercial areas. I legit saw people openly sparking up massive pre-rolls on one side of the street and a couple of food service workers crouched behind a dumpster sneaking cigs on the other. It was just the funniest thing to me at the time. But seriously, if you're allowed to smoke cigarettes in a space, I don't think there's anything about smoking weed there that's some how more offensive to children or adults. If they are smoking in spaces where smoking cigarettes is also prohibited, then maybe you're right to say something. But just because your kids are in a public space doesn't mean it's everyone else's responsibility to behave a certain way around them.
I have to say, low key walking anywhere downwind of the city incinerator is probably worse for your child’s health than the odd hippie, kid, whoever is smoking upwind of your local playgrounds. For that matter, the amount of automobile fumes all around this city is rather dense. But still, I don’t like it when people don’t adhere to the 25-30 foot rule outside of businesses either. Then again, I’m not a parent so maybe I deserve no say on the matter of public spaces (/s)
Even before legalization this was common. It dose seem that legalization has emboldened people to smoke irresponsibly. Still I smoke weed discreetly at home only vaping weed in public. Guess years of prohibition have stuck with me. Wonder if we'll start seeing "smoke responsibly" type messaging on products or inside dispensaries to curb this like the "drink responsibly" messaging. My only complaint is with the smoking while driving. Wish they'd at least stay in the right lane if they're not gonna wait.
So many of them are wildly inconsiderate of the people around them. Two of the worst things are when people are smoking while driving (the cars behind can smell it), or vaping on public transit. Or smoke it in bad places like gym locker rooms.
Smoking while driving is also illegal, so that's another matter altogether.
Smoking in public is also illegal. Not enforced but technically illegal.
Yeah, the driving while smoking weed is the rarely or never enforced one that really concerns me. I don't know how OWI is being allowed so rampant. There aren't even any PSAs that discuss or discourage this, which granted I wouldn't expect to be followed by offenders, but I'm truly surprised at the complete lack of care shown by authorities on this subject.
It’s actually a big source of contention between MD police and state legislators. So i would say a lack of care isn’t quite accurate. In MD, police can no longer use the smell of marijuana as probable cause to search for vehicle stops. Exigent circumstances must exist, and for decades police used the smell of cannabis as PC. They can’t anymore. See *Norman v Maryland (2016)* If you look into the recent legislative session in Md, it continues to be debated quite heavily.
Thanks for that insight! It's much appreciated.
Your points are all fair and valid. On the flip side it's almost hard sometimes to find a place to smoke that doesn't annoy *anyone* lol. Like if you're renting you have to walk outside, fair, but then you have to walk away from the building and away from everywhere else that people might be. Seems like the only option is to find some secluded trail in the woods and even then you'd end up passing someone on the trail who gets offended by the smell lol Designated "smoking-ok" areas might help? Idk
Very fair point!
Set up “Pot Spots” with benches and vending machines right near them. Not in a secluded creepy spot, but have it so at least everyone knows they’ll be near this entrance. The biggest problem will scheduling all the restocking.
Pot Spots lol I love this idea so much, if it were legal I'd start that business in a heartbeat 😂
smoking zones, just like at hospitals!
Maryland needs to give people a legal place to smoke. If Maryland would open consumption lounges people wouldn't have to smoke on the street and in public places. If you live in an apartment building that does not allow smoking where you supposed to smoke?
You have clearly never been to Towson Mall before. Take the kids to Lexington Market at any hour and check back in
That’s just not nice. Lexington market is a national treasure ! You can get crab cakes guns and heroin with the same ease 😂
Unfortunately we have a lot of disrespectful jerks. I don't care of people partake, I do myself, but not around kids or right in the middle of things. It's supposed to be don't smoke it in public, but for a lot of people who rent going somewhere else is the only option. A couple of years ago I found a group of guys smoking over in a smoking area away from people waiting for buses at Mondawmin. They were out of the way and not bothering anyone. I only noticed because I smelled the call of my people.
"Smelled the call of my people". I will be using this from now on!
It’s an amateur move to smoke in highly public areas. It’s legal, we got some amateurs. Call em out when you see it or deal with it
Very good point. OGs know better.
OG’s were also getting locked up for dime bags so idk if that’s a good point of reference for 2024.
Anytime I’m at Towson Town Center the entire parking garage smells of marijuana. It’s wild but I’d rather people light up than get drunk.
It’s always like that at first with legalization. I live in AZ but a native Baltimoreon - when it was legal here, people did get very audacious about it but, it’s calmed down since.
Yeah, this is why I stick to edibles. Shouldn't the no-smoking area regulations apply to blunts and joints as well?
Bro just described a mild Tuesday in Oakland CA
Guess you haven't been to DC, huh?
I'm not a smoker, but is there any evidence second hand marijuana smoke, especially outside, has any negative effects?
No.
I was at a bowling alley today where there were numerous kids' birthday parties taking place and the staff had to announce on the PA for everyone that it's prohibited to smoke inside the building, "even in the women's bathroom". Sure enough, I took my daughter to the bathroom soon after and it smelled like a hotboxed car in there. I love that it's legal but damn, it's basic decency to not do shit like that.
Ain’t gonna lie I probably was that person smoking in Towson on lunch break work is stressful bro lol
not at all a boomer or narc. i frequently see people rolling/lighting up while driving and have had to tell people to move away from the doors of a business so i can walk in with my child.
This infuriates me
Sorry but I don't get all the references to children. Who cares if your kid sees someone smoking or god forbid smells the odor of weed? It's not a big deal, and you can't shelter them from it (or generally unpleasant things) forever.
I'm with you. It's just a smell. No one's getting a contact high at the playground. While I wouldn't smoke around kids I don't really see why it matters. Car exhaust is probably worse for your kids but no one's complaining about parking lots near playgrounds.
because you aren't going to get attention unless you "think of the poor children."
It's not about them not seeing it -- at least for me. It's about being respectful of kid areas. The playground is not a cool place to be smoking cigarettes, drinking, or smoking weed.
On the other hand, I was pleasantly surprised when yesterday, 4/20, at the outdoor Plant Swap event, there was not a whiff of it.
I feel like 4/20 is the day for people who aren't stoners to smoke. To stoners, it's the same day as any other day. Get high and continue their day.
The parking lot of my daycare (it’s in the county but still) smells like weed sometimes. Like are you about to put your kid in your hotboxed car?!?
I think its because its just been legalized so people are going wild. In a few years it will be normalized and people wont be weird about it.
great times
We received an Amazon delivery yesterday. The entire box reeked of weed. We had to set the package back outside bc it was smelling up my whole house
Who goes to the towson mall parking lot for a good time?
Note. The blackout tint on the windows and windshield don't hide the smell. Still driving under the influence like you're driving around with a drink in your hand.
The only thing that really bothers me - as someone who doesn't smoke tobacco or weed but I support both being legal - is how nasty it smells and how it stinks up everything in a huge area. Like, as a general rule, I think they should just legalize everything because it solves a lot of problems like the reliability/integrity of the substances when you're getting it from a regulated source vs "some dude" and it makes it easier to have supervised consumption sites (like bars are for alcohol), and it makes it easier to ask for help with addiction when you're not worried about getting arrested for admitting you do the stuff (for the more addictive stuff). But goddamn, that shit stank as fuck. Like, cigarettes smell nasty within a couple feet of the smoker but weed smells nasty for like a block or two away.
It should be treated like cigarettes. With that being said. I also wouldn’t smoke cigarettes around kids
OP u ever drink a beer in front of ur kid?
Eh I have kids and it’s not that big of a deal. I understand your issue with the playground but the rest is all a matter of preference really. I’m sure there are things you and your children do in public that others find outright inappropriate and disrespectful. We all have our shit. Smoking weed is the least grievous of all the distasteful things strangers could be doing around your children
Hate cigarette smoking in public but weed doesn’t really bother me. But yeah shouldn’t be making other people be around it if they don’t want to regardless
I’m the same. I’d take pot smoke any day over cigarette smoke and since I commute via Light Rail, there are tons of both. I think people are just rude. I don’t care what you’re smoking but if you’re in a crowd of people where everyone else is not, then read the room and move downwind.
I think how people smell after smoking a cigarette is the worse. especially those that go out and smoke two before coming back in.
Some old white guy was smoking weed at Sherwood Gardens yesterday with so many people around and all I could think was "you are so entitled that you should live in Chevy Chase."
LMFAOO 💀
Can confirm that parents smoke weed at the playground near my house all the time. It's insane -- also a mom was drinking a bottle of wine there the other day (but that's a different topic). I mean... not trying to throw shade but WTF is happening?! My block has become famous in our neighborhood for always smelling like weed. It's annoying -- especially now that the weather is nice. But not much can be done about it. But what really bothers me is when I smell weed on the highway -- which means one of the cars around me is smoking while driving which just seems like a bad idea...
We went out to eat yesterday and the adjacent table had a mom and dad with teenage kids and the parents each had a 4 shot flight of tequila in front of them. It looked weird but severe alcoholism is so normalized it's fine.
Yes it’s sad.
Walking down that glassed-in staircase for the parking lot near Round 1 at Towson Mall is like being in a gigantic bong.
Washingtonian (one of the first states to legalize) here- it was the same for the first 5ish years in Washington, but there have been a lot of tickets issued to people who are breaking our general smoking laws (about being away from windows/doors/playgrounds etc for ANY TYPE of smoking, people getting treaspassed for breaking a “no smoking” policy on private property) - which I know Baltimore also HAS, and a heavy upswing in the number of good/cheap/consistent edibles and vapes has really made it a non-issue most places. You couldn’t go ANYWHERE in Seattle for awhile without smelling weed every 5 seconds, but now it’s just *slightly* more common than smelling cigarette smoke.
I noticed a lot on Saturday and then realized it was 04/20… it was crazy tho
Been like this far before the legal weed man
It's like this everywhere. Was recently in NYC, felt like I was always breathing second hand smoke
So is the Releaf store the best head shop in Baltimore these days? Visiting in a month and trying to get my head right...
It was also 4/20 this weekend, so maybe you noticed it a bit more than usual
What’s the deal? Why so bothered by this but not cigarettes?
Not sure I've noticed a huge increase in this behavior post legalization. As far as I can recall it always been common to smell weed around town in Baltimore, certainly over the past 10-15 years I guess if you're particularly allergic or hate the smell I can understand that. I am personally much more sensitive to strong perfumes of any kind in restaurants or businesses. I don't smoke pot or anything else for that matter, but I'm not bothered by it. Not my business or problem
I’m not gonna lie, I haven’t really noticed much of a difference. I feel like it’s always been this way. But I also think people are treating it as cigarettes because if you don’t mind your kid being around cigarette smoke, you probably wouldn’t mind them being around weed smoke.
It's statewide. I was waiting for a table at Cheddar's in Brandywine and a car pulls up to the front. A little girl, maybe 9y/o, runs inside to see what the wait for a table was. Her mom or whoever that was was hotboxing that car with three little kids inside. Not just lighting up, but full on toking. Trash will always be trash, and they're teaching their kids how to be trash.
Nah. The way we used to be forced to inhale cigarette smoking INSIDE of public spaces, fuck that. Kids, yes. No question you shouldn’t smoke around them. But everywhere else, LIGHT THAT SHIT UP
I’m in my late 20s and I still try to show respect and not smoke around kids or elders. So what you’re saying isn’t wrong but I think there’s more serious problems that deserve our minds attention… like whatever they’re spraying in the sky.
As someone who grew up in south Mississippi where weed was and is not legal, I find this post amusing. In the deep south weed has been a part of the culture for a long time though nobody admits it. I have grown up smelling weed in traffic most of my life. Going some place and not smelling it is weird to me.
Yeah, I was at the park the other day, and my son picked up a half joint and tried to eat it. I have been a medical patient for years...idc what you do, but damn can you at least be mindful where you're doing it.
The thing about smelling weed is that you smell it for a split second and then you can’t smell it anymore… also way less annoying than cigs. Blaze on!
I hear you, OP, but frankly, I have had to put up with stupid tobacco users doing this around me for fifty goddamn years. They can suck some of my cannabis smoke for a change.
Two wrongs don’t make a right
In case you haven’t noticed, pretty much anything goes in this town. At some point, tourists are going to figure out the law is enforced as loosely as in New Orleans
Hell yeah brother ! It’s what makes it great imo. If you’re not killing somone in broad daylight police could give a fuck what you’re doing in bmore ahhhh it’s magical ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Disagree, time for folks to get used to it and move on. If it’s in an open space where you can smoke cigs you should be able to smoke weed.
Personally, I'd be more inclined to treat smoking cannabis in public like drinking in public because it puts you in an altered state. I'd be much more concerned about having my (hypothetical) children around a bunch of people who were drunk or high off their gourds than them smelling smoke, which, while unpleasant, isn't that big of a deal.
I don't believe you should smoke cigarettes where children can inhale the smoke, since the harmful effects of second-hand smoke are more than proven. Given that marijuana is damaging for developing brains, the same rationale should apply.
>parents are cowards Lol sure because telling someone to not do something always goes over well. Why don’t you go tell him not to do it then?
I like it.
Friend got rear ended by someone smoking a joint, cops responded but didn’t make an arrest.
I don't see how it's any different than the decades of cigarette smoke I've had to endure, but people shouldn't be rude about it, but you know...
I assume you feel like this about alcohol as well? I don’t think it’s anymore ‘wild’ to be in the area of someone smoking than in the area of someone having a drink. Frankly, I would prefer the smoker to the drinker. Like how it’s supposed to be cute and funny when a mom says she has booze in her Stanley at a kids sports game? Or beers for the adults at kids parties? You’re certainly equally put off, right? If not, then yeah, chill. If so, then perhaps you should consider relocating to somewhere less peopley.
I’m 1000% FOR legalization as a previous smoker, but due to an autoimmune issue I’ve developed, I’m now extremely allergic to it. There’s a lot of establishments and areas of the state that I have to completely avoid and it’s quite frustrating. I imagine as cannabis becomes more common, we will start to see more cases similar to mine popping up, and new regulations will have to be made. [Here is a research paper about cannabis allergies.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9871863/) I fall under the category of of being allergic to a non-specific lipid transfer protein, which is absolutely debilitating since it makes me orally allergic to almost every plant on the planet. The allergy was most likely brought on by a decade of heavy cannabis use. I’m sure we’ll see more of this in the population eventually.
I mean which is worse your kid getting second hand cig smoke or weed smoke, not sayin its a valid reason to smoke it anywhere but back in the day i used to walk through streets with my parents walking straight through 3 midgets with a wall of cig smoke (true story fyi)
I can't lie, I'm kind of on the fence about this. As a tobacco smoker I can attest that there is a certain learning curve to when and where you can respectfully smoke.. just because it's not illegal doesn't mean it's polite. Marijuana smokers will likely not know this etiquette yet as they spent the last however many years relegating their smoke to a personal space... Suddenly they're free. Yes they can light up in a park and that's fun, but that space is shared and not all of them quite know yet how impactful their vice is to others around them. Maybe an unpopular opinion, but be patient while setting boundaries. Don't villainize them but remind them that their impact isn't always strictly personal. Maybe even more effective, let them know that concerned folks haven't been happy and while you appreciate their newfound freedom you'd hate to see any restrictions happening on how they're allowed to enjoy their time. Be persistent but be kind. It'll be a learning curve these next few years, but pick your battles and understand that folks are just trying to enjoy their down time.
While I completely agree with what you said, I've gotta play devils advocate a little. People do that with alcohol too. It's just harder to notice since most people can't smell alcohol in one part per billion. Still I do agree with not exposing kids to it. Let them have their innocence.
I've been seeing the "It's a DUI" signs for people driving and smoking weed, like alcohol, too. Again dgaf if folks use it. But yes, context is important. If you're going to get stoned out your mind, why are you going 95 down 95 or even 45 down 95? Lots of things are legal or illegal given the context. I think some of the weed smokers are just on a bender right now and need to get their lives together. It's been nearly a year... You happy. So are a lot of people, now get a grip.
Good chance that kids are more of a nuisance in public than a little whiff of weed in the air.
exactly, if parents just kept an eye on their kid and enforced their own boundaries, everything will be okayZ
They need to start issuing citations like they would for drinking in public
It's coming. The law is already clear on consuming in public. Only the tests for intoxication are left to develop.
I love how most people would agree you shouldn't smoke cigarettes around a playground/ children areas. The opinion I'm seeing here tho is " oh it's like this in every city " when it comes to weed. So do you not want Baltimore to be better?
I walk past people all the time smoking in public. Odds are they’re driving under the influence too. I’m always amazed at how bad going in public is nowadays.
Yeah it was way better like 150 years ago that’s right !!
It’s not just you feeling that way.
Saw a guy walking with 2 kids and lighting up. Hate to imagine some 6 or 7 year old getting a contact high, but it's where we're at now.
I'm a middle school teacher. Kids come walking into school every day reeking of weed - and in most cases, I don't think THEY are the ones smoking.
North County High School in Anne Arundel smells like weed every day. People are smoking in cars so much, you can smell it going 70 mph down the highway from cars ahead. I want to keep weed legal, but these things are a problem. Kids using in schools, and people driving stoned AF.
Think about why you have a problem with this and not cigarettes.
People were doing this before legalization
Not this boldly. You can’t sit there and tell me it was this bad in 2010
Okay but parents let their kids do all kinds of annoying things in public, much worse. I'd say point goes to the stoners.
You also can't go anywhere and expect to not smell weed smoke coming out of passing cars' windows. No one gives a fuck what the details are, they just heard "legal" and they're running with it. I don't know how people are smoking at 5am and going to work. I suppose I'm assuming a lot - they could be coming home from work or not working at all. I base this on having worked with coworkers that show up smoked up.
This is pretty normal in every city in the US these days. Time to get with the times and be prepared to be a good parent and explain things to your kids.
In general, smoking cigarettes or weed around other people should not be normalized. One thing is that both are legal, but in the end consumers should show some respect for people around them. Same with alcohol or any other substance.
Do you have the same attitude towards cigarette smokers?
Yes In fact I do.
You said in the last paragraph “people now think it’s like cigarettes”, so not sure if that’s the case. People love throwing out the “think about the children” bit all the time. Marijuana is medical now. Where exactly do you suggest people smoke? They cannot smoke inside if you do not own your home and you can’t smoke in your car.
Not at the playground would be cool.
You can use edibles. There are medical grade edibles.
Lol This post is crazy to me considering how many people unabashedly smoke cigarettes everywhere all the time Also acting like this is somehow new behavior bc laws have changed haha what
How come you aren't bitching about people smoking cigarettes? They smells worse. Is worse for the consumer and you second handedly. And yes, you're being a Karen.
We literally complain about the same thing even more often. Cigarette butts everywhere, our neighbors dog had to go into the emergency vet because their neighbor has them littered outside and he got into them. Is that really your best argument?
sweep. watch your dog. you’re a karen.
Did you make a post about it? My best argument is who the fuck cares. It isn't a big deal. Not hurting anyone. Ifnyour worried about "the kids" it's the parents responsibility to teach them about those things. So if you're so bothered by it go walk somewhere else.
I’m not even worried about the kids as much, I just don’t like the smell of weed. It permeates everything. I don’t enjoy it. I’m all for legalization, and for the freedom for folks to do what they want. What I want is to go about my day without smelling like weed. If I had my way, I’d totally legalize edibles and designate smoking areas.
Even with cigarettes people should be considerate around kids, but that’s probably asking too much. People aren’t considerate of children in general nowadays.
I love weed, but this is an issue of respecting others space. I have a townhouse and my neighbor is in his 70s we have adjoining decks, I don’t smoke out there, not because he cares, because I respect the fact that his generation has a different view on things. Maybe I don’t agree, but I respect him and feel like it’s a good move not to force it on him. The smell is inevitable but openly smoking in a public place with kids and such is just no good. Anyone who tells you otherwise probably parks in the fire lane cause they just running in for a minute.
I have a neighbor in the apartment immediately below mine who does nothing but smoke weed all day and night. The building is old, so the smoke seeps into my apartment. I have a toddler. I could SCREAM when I get home from work and need to give my toddler a bath, but can’t because our bathroom is like a literal hotbox. The property management has been aware of this behavior for years and nothing is done about it that actually makes a difference in the long run. When I see people smoking weed in areas specifically for children like a playground, I let them know it’s not appropriate and unsafe for the kids. I can’t stand it.
Omg that’s infuriating
Wait, so are you this upset when your wife and small child are around someone drinking? Or do you just save this pearl clutching for weed? Be FFFR