Comment by drekk
2 years ago
It's already not legal to smoke in public for weed and in most places for cigarettes. Frankly I don't think outright prohibition addresses that any better than the existing system. Nor do I see how having bodily autonomy is necessarily a tyranny of the masses.
In all seriousness, Utah sounds like your ideal so long as you stay outside of Salt Lake City. I'm glad to no longer be a resident
> Nor do I see how having bodily autonomy is necessarily a tyranny of the masses.
When it intrudes upon the bodily autonomy of others (e.g. second hand smoke, which I am constantly facing and suffering from in the Bay Area).
Outdoors?
> Utah sounds like your ideal
Not enough trees. Nor enough employment in my non-remoteable field.
Public smoking is a concern, but the smoke will leak even if smoked inside of a home. With edibles and inhalers I don't understand why people thought it was a good idea to legalize marijuana smoking.
> Nor do I see how having bodily autonomy is necessarily a tyranny of the masses.
Generalizing the principle of the swinging your fists near someone else's nose saying.
Your sense of smell is subjective, and not a good reason for legislation.
You do know that, right? I'm not detecting any humour markers...
> Your sense of smell is subjective, and not a good reason for legislation.
Wish it stopped at just the smell.
Second hand weed is harmful.
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/secondhand-marijuana-smoke-w...
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I don't agree with that. If blasting music can be a matter for legislation (nuisance laws and the like), then so can bothering people around you with the reek of smoking weed.
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> Your sense of smell is subjective, and not a good reason for legislation.
You do understand that many tort suits, and outright laws, are over subjective harms, right? (trash in neighbors yards, loud sounds late at night, smells from chemical industries, etcetera) That laws such as disability protection laws exist?
https://www.chemicalsensitivityfoundation.org/index.html
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