Comment by mandmandam
2 years ago
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...
2 years ago
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...
Being able to smell from the outside that someone is smoking inside their home is not "second hand smoking". You'd need to be in the same room as them to get the necessary level of exposure.
False. That perfectly fits the definition of second hand smoking.
https://www.lung.org/policy-advocacy/tobacco/smokefree-envir...
https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/what-can-i-do-abo...
https://no-smoke.org/secondhand-marijuana-smoke-fact-sheet/
Second hand
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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.
As mentioned, there are already laws around smoking in public.
OP is complaining that he might get a whiff coming from his neighbors house.
I recently visited Manhattan and walked many miles touring it. The smell was in many places, with people smoking out in public. It is offensive and rude.
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https://www.greenstate.com/explained/where-is-it-legal-to-sm...
> In a few states, however, public consumption is completely tolerated or allowed in licensed lounges and designated areas.
And the laws as is make it easy for people to lie to the police about exactly where they were when they were smoking the 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
... None of your examples are like for like.
Lots of people love the smell of cannabis. No one loves "trash in neighbors yards, loud sounds late at night, smells from chemical industries".
Arguing in bad faith is lame dude.
Blatantly ignoring harms of secondhand weed is more lame:
Second hand weed is harmful. https://www.uclahealth.org/news/secondhand-marijuana-smoke-w...
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> trash in neighbors yards
There are entire messy neighborhoods.
> loud sounds late at night
People sleep at different times of the day.
> smells from chemical industries
People who lack a sense of smell don't care.
Special pleading for marijuana smoking is also lame.