Where marijuana is legal, complaints rise about the smell

[Zorro]

That tinge of strange smoke once smelled mostly in the high seats at rock shows has become commonplace in parts of America where voters have legalized marijuana.

A Washington Post survey found that in some city wards nearly 70 percent of people smell marijuana smoke at least once a month during their perambulations and 1 in 3 people smell it every day, just a year after the city legalized it for recreational use and personal possession, though not sales. “People aren’t as discreet as they were before it was legal,” a 21-year-old D.C. resident named Wuan Smith told the Post.

Indeed, America’s growing experiment with legalized recreational pot has literally changed the atmosphere around a drug that has for decades been one of the top reasons for arrests in the US.

With pot out of the shadows in some states, the direct exposure to smoke has led to conflicts. Colorado, which in 2012 was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana, has seen odor complaints rise, with 30 percent of such complaints now regarding pot in Denver.

http://news.yahoo.com/where-marijuana-legal-complaints-rise-smell-155628269.html

People might as well get used to the odor, since it's going to become a lot more prevalent everywhere over the next 5 years.

[hobbit709]

1. Some people have to complain about something

Like the bozo that complained about the smell of cooking garlic from the Italian restaurant next door.

[RedCappedBandit]

2. The smell of smoke, when you live in an apartment building with dozens of other people,

IS annoying.

I'm 100% for legalization. But it is.

[Ed Suspicious]

37. Agreed.

[Cobalt Violet]

51. not as annoying as cooking animal flesh when live in an apartment.

That really makes me vomit and gag. I'd rather pot smell any day.

[tazkcmo]

54. So is the smell of cooking liver.

And the noise of music, TV's, yelling, walking, dog poop not picked up.

Lots of stuff is annoying in an apartment building.

[Codeine]

3. It's a nasty smell, pungent and headachy.

Not an opinion that will win any fans at MarijuanaUnderground, of course.

[lindysalsagal]

6. Agreed. Hate the stuff. Makes people stupid. n/t.

[Scootaloo]

8. There's a reason it's called "shit"

Still beats the smell of a cigarette, though. Pipe smoke, well, now, that's another story...

[Travis_0004]

39. Marajuana smell traves more though

[Drahthaardogs]

63. Good pipe tobacco has a pleasant smell if you are not right next to the pipe smoker.

Marijuana stinks like hell. No way around it.

[spinbaby]

28. I think it's nasty, too

I could never understand the attraction of something that smells like someone set a moldy bale of hay on fire. I don't care who smokes it as long as they don't smoke it around me.

[Politicalboi]

4. I wonder if they complain about

The taxes it's bringing into their states and cities. Wear a mask if it bothers them that much, or just stay home.

[Igel]

18. Many complained about tobacco smoke.

In spite of the taxes it brought in.

And a lot of people agreed with the complaints. So smoking near entrances, open windows, in apartments and condos, near intake vents was banned because of the smell even before second-hand justifications were found. This goes back 20 years or more.

Now such complaints are good and well founded, protecting their rights.

Now they're not.

Depends on how we feel about the substance involved, not on any actual principle involving rights. Except our own to do exactly as we please without regard to any other person, dead or alive.

Tobacco advocates with the same contempt for others had the same response: they could wear a mask, close your windows, stay at home, or just stop breathing if it bothers them, screw 'em. Just don't let other people get between me and my precious-s-s-s.

[HuckleB]

21. That's not really a good argument.

Many people have serious issues with various odors, and marijuana when smoked leaves a strong odor. We need to figure out how to balance that reality with its public use.

[CentralMass]

5. Some background tunes. (Not meant as a political commentary)

[Warpy]

7. Yeah, it stinks.

It needs to be relegated to the great outdoors, the way tobacco smoke is in a lot of places.

I can't imagine being in an indoor space where both are being smoked. Ack!

(and I'm 100% for legalization and a total end to the stupid WOD)

[stevenleser]

23. I agree with every single word you just posted. nt

[linuxman]

9. To be fair, it reeks like fucking shit.

[Basic LA]

10. A Non Fragrant Strain.

You'd think growers would be eager to develop some non-fragrant strains, especially now that it's on the brink of going mainstream & competition is strong. It is a minor annoyance, after all, or at the very least, indiscreet.

[jmowreader]

33. It's the smell of the smoke, not the smell of the plants, that's the problem

The plants have a unique but pleasant aroma.

The smoke, on the other hand, smells like a tire fire to me.

[Ace Rothstein]

11. People need to invest in vaporizers.

The smell is negligible.

[Logical]

32. Vaping is the way to go IMO. nt

[MaeScott]

50. Absolutely the way to go. nt

[beltanefauve]

38. Beat me to it

[pipoman]

47. People who smoke in Denver spend lots of money on their smoking rigs

Glass rigs costing several hundred into thousands of dollars...there are plenty of options for people who don't want to smoke it from edibles to patches.

[melman]

12. The problem is some people smoke constantly

Weed is generally so strong these days that a couple tokes should do it, but some people insist on having a non-stop bongathon.

[randome]

13. It gives the smokers bad breath, too.

And, over time, smoker's skin.

[Nye Bevan]

14. Exposing random people to your secondhand smoke is horribly rude,

whether it's cigarette smoke, cigar smoke, or pot smoke.

I enjoy a beer on occasion but I don't piss all over innocent bystanders when I'm done.

[MerryBlooms]

15. My eyes/nose water and my chest burns when I smell/inhale pot.

I don't think I can get used to it. I make sure any guests who partake, know they'll be smoking outside. There's NO smoking of any kind allowed in my home.

I have been wanting to try edibles for pain management, but there's no way I could ever smoke the stuff. I know some people think smoking weed is a medical cure-all, but it's not for me.

[beevul]

16. You can start to smell it 3 to 5 miles outside downtown denver on the interstate...

You can start to smell it 3 to 5 miles outside downtown denver on the interstate, at least sometimes.

Not the smell of it being smoked, the smell of it being grown.

Doesn't really bother me.

[pipoman]

34. I commented on this before I read the thread

There is an industrial park out there with a couple of growers and concentrate makers...It beats a lot of other industrial stanks....

[pipoman]

46. The area I am thinking of is 3 or 4 miles east of Brighton on I70...

The old addage out here on the plains is that the smell of swampy cowshit is the smell of money...that is what I think of every time I smell weed in Denver.

[eShirl]

17. general rule of thumb: don't smoke where you wouldn't fart. n/t

[Igel]

19. For the terminally rude and indifferent to others,

that's not much of a limit.

"I, me, mine" is more than just one of the lesser Beatles' songs.

[HuckleB]

22. We need to stop holding in farts, for starters.

I'm going to leave it at that.

[Warren DeMontague]

25. I dont hold my farts in

I just blame them on you.

[demwing]

62. Trust me, we all know

[HuckleB]

20. This is part of the discussion. How to find a middle ground?

Let's talk! And let's be kind to one another!

[icymist]

60. Yup! Washington State here. Smoking outside can get you busted.

Just like drinking a beer outside. I agree that talking with your neighbors is the way to go here instead of trying to control them.

[Generic Brad]

26. Cigarette second hand smoke bad, marijuana second hand smoke good?

No.

No one should be subjected to having to breathe unwanted smoke.

[pipoman]

30. I agree...no more internal combustion engines....

[whatthehey]

40. In enclosed spaces, damn right.

Oh...you thought that was a real analogy?

[TIME TO PANIC]

27. If you smoke it everyday you wont notice the odor.

[LuvNewcastle]

56. Everybody must get stoned!

[LiberalElite]

59. .

[pipoman]

29. Driving into Denver from the East on I70 smells like a grow room

Several processors of concentrates and growers in an industrial park...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

31. Is it the weed or the patchouli?

It ain't the crime, it's the coverup. Ugh.

[PeteSelman]

35. I love the smell of really good weed.

It's very pleasant.

[TheFarS1de]

36. If they keep sniffing it ...

maybe they should throw in some cash . Trying to get a free high , damn hippies Now about all that dog shit that I smell around the neighbourhood , that is an issue ( and much more common than weed ). Or the smell of a diesel roaring past . Either all must be controlled or none . No more selective outrage please .

[SammyWinstonJack]

49. +1000000

[Boudica the Lyoness]

45. It smelled different in the 60's & 70's.

Now it smells like skunk spray. No seeds or stems though!

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

48. I am completely indifferent to legalization, but I fucking hate the smell

It's pretty ubiquitous both around my home in Canada and in Orange County on any warm night, but when I can smell it from inside the house I get really pissed off.

[Android3.14]

52. If you have some folks who are complaining, a vaporizer is the solution

The odor dissipates quickly and spreads less. I recommend the Vapor Genie.

[CountAllVotes]

53. +1,000 !!!

A vaporizer does the job alright!!

[GeorgeGist]

55. I have the same problem with people who ...

burn diesel fuel. They've never been discrete.

[shanti]

57. meh

i've always liked the smell of cannabis. tobacco smoke makes me want to

[Faux pas]

58. It smells

better than anything man has cooked up.

[demwing]

61. I wonder how many who complain

are also cigarette smokers?

[n2doc]

64. I lived in an apartment near DC for a while

About 6 months in, people moved into the next apartment over. Really heavy Smokers. The smell came under the walls, even after taping the floor-wall joints and any joints we could see. Was frickin miserable. Was happy to leave even though I loved the location.

There are many ways to partake that don't involve fumigating your neighbors.