I am a grumpy old man... I can't enjoy a summer afternoon in the park or a cool summer evening in my backyard without smelling weed. I don't think I'm being overly sensitive or prudish. Last night I put up a screen and a projector - my kids had some friends over to watch a movie in our backyard. How fun! until the neighbors started to blaze... I'm not trying to pick on weed necessarily - I don't like smelling cigarette smoke, cow manure, diesel exhaust, sulphur, or other industrial fumes either. It's just annoying that one person's consumption has to inflict discomfort on people in their vicinity. . So please consume marijuana - but just quit smoking it anywhere that affects other people - eat it, tincture it, SOMETHING... but smoke it? smoke? it boggles my mind.Care to elaborate?
I agree that the culture around the illegal use of weed, is largely smoking it. But here in WA, that culture changed overnight. My wife is a weed smoker, and we were with friends the other night who were simply flabbergasted that she SMOKED it! None of them knew anyone who still smoked weed... they all imbibed in other forms. But my wife is an old Deadhead traditionalist, and smokes very little (two tokes, twice a week). So calling her a "smoker" is way overstating her use. But yeah... around here, in my Burner/Deadhead community? People went from smoking to ANY other form of intake almost overnight. And passing the joint? Nobody shares any more. Now that there are so many carefully cultivated and mass-produced strains, everyone has their own particular favorite, and almost never smokes anyone else's stuff. The culture has changed a LOT here. Very quickly.
while this may be true... I kinda don't care what people choose to do to their own bodies... for me, the smoke is a "public" issue. It is very difficult to control smoke. If I'm BBQing, smoking a cigarette, or lighting a joint, people within several meters of me in every direction are going to know about it.