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US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say (apnews.com)
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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Honestly, I would have absolutely no problem with cannabis being legal but you can't use it in public. If I can buy it, take it home and use it without fear of arrest, that's all I ask.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    To an extent, smoking in public is fine. My regular smoke spot is in a park. But I also hike 20 minutes to it explicitly because its as far away from everyone else as possible, and the wind is usually going away from them.

    Maybe I'm overcautious, but I remember walking down the street as a kid and just hating the smell of cigarettes. I never found weed as bad, but I don't want to br the asshole who's the reason some poor 8 year is holding their breath as you walk past them.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I was thinking public municipal streets and the like, not out in the middle of nowhere.

    And honestly, I'd apply that to cigarettes too if we wouldn't be forcing a bunch of addicted people to quit cold turkey because they can't take smoke breaks at work.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My biggest objection to smokers is the stink. Maybe it’s not as cancerous as tobacco, but why should I be stuck with a jacket that smells like pot after walking out the entrance to my building or walking through the park? Can’t smokers (of anything) just try to be courteous of non-smokers?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I have sympathy for them because they're kind of fucked. They're addicted, but they can't smoke inside, and their job only gives them a few minutes to take a smoke break, so what else can they do? I hate the smell too, but forcing an addict to just stop smoking is not fair to them either.

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