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Post# 376551   8/8/2017 at 01:16 (2,424 days old) by electrolux137 (Los Angeles)   |   | |
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~ I wonder if it occurred to those who voted to legalize marijuana that they would be confronted at every turn by people smoking it and spewing its fetid stench everywhere.
The stuff smells so rotten that you can smell it all around the area when someone is smoking it. It's everywhere -- driving behind someone smoking it. Living next to people smoking it. Having to wave past partakers to get into the 7-11. Catching the malodorous fumes on the beach. And so on, and so on, and so on.
No, I'm not being self-righteous or judgmental about it. Let those who want to smoke it enjoy themselves. I'm just commenting on the vile stink of it and wishing that smokers could be more aware of where and when they decide to light up.
(We have a neighbor who begins just about every day by stepping outside and smoking a joint, filling the entire area around our buildings with ganja fumes. Granted, he was smoking even before it was legalized, but now he can do so with impunity.)
I have a feeling that eventually the tide will turn when people get tired of smelling it all the time.
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Post# 376553 , Reply# 1   8/8/2017 at 01:38 (2,424 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Put ALL smokers in a dome that keeps THEIR smoke in with them-think THAT will fix these problems! |
Post# 376579 , Reply# 2   8/8/2017 at 19:03 (2,424 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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There was a time in my life when I used to like to indulge in that stuff but that was a very long time ago and it is no longer compatible with the life I choose to lead. On the rare occasion I do catch a whiff of it on the air, usually somewhere like an outdoor music festival, it will momentarily take me back to an earlier, more carefree time in my life--and then I remember why I quit. I have no desire whatsoever to do that anymore but I don't begrudge others doing so. It's just not for me anymore.
But I do understand Charles' reaction regarding the odor. I feel much the same way about tobacco smoke and hated living in an apartment next to a smoker. Tolivac's dome comment reminded me of a professor I had as an undergraduate. When a student asked if she could smoke in class, he responded, "Only if you wear a helmet". It's a visual that's stuck with me for almost 35 years of someone wearing a fishbowl helmet, their face completely obscured by smoke. Looking back on my undergraduate days, I did actually have a couple of professors who smoked in class. One was in the drama department and she chain smoked her unfiltered Pall Malls all through class and encouraged others to light up as well if they wished, second hand smoke be damned. I also had a philosophy professor who timed his lectures with cigarettes. He would lay out three cigarettes along the top of the chalkboard and when the last one was done, so was he. He couldn't see very well and it was amusing when he'd occasionally try to light a piece of chalk. When I was in graduate school a few years later, faculty could only smoke in their offices and graduate TA's had a lounge where it was permitted, but the wooden desks in the classrooms bore evidence that smoking in class was not that distant of a memory. By the time I finished my classwork, most of them had been refinished and fitted with Formica tops. That's all a far cry from the college where I teach now. All forms of tobacco are banned--indoors or out. When I first started teaching there a decade ago, they had wooden gazebos placed strategically away from buildings that were clearly designated as smoking areas, the idea being to provide an alternative to doorways. |
Post# 376581 , Reply# 3   8/8/2017 at 20:31 (2,424 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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That Crap is popular amongst "My Crowd".
I've never had an interest in it. The image of me with a joint in my hand just doesn't appeal to me. I'd rather spend my hard earned money on my Vacuums. It seems like the people my age who "indulge" in it think it makes them The Boss. Once or twice a month, some kid at the school is caught trying to light up in a bathroom...They see it as some sort of Status Sign. I've been offered it, but I'll pass. I really don't care if people want to do it. Its their life. Its just not for me. Haven't tried it, and don't plan to. Just my 2 cents... |
Post# 376584 , Reply# 4   8/8/2017 at 22:29 (2,424 days old) by kenkart ()   |   | |
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I grew up in a house full of cigarette smoke, that was bad enough!!! |
Post# 376597 , Reply# 6   8/9/2017 at 13:44 (2,423 days old) by Kloveland (Tulsa)   |   | |
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Post# 376612 , Reply# 7   8/9/2017 at 20:56 (2,423 days old) by Seijun (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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I must be in the minority here, but I love the smell, as long as it isn't the cheap skunky smelling stuff. I don't smoke but I occasionally vape indoors or take edibles to help me sleep and to help with pain in my hips. Where I live, people smoking cigarettes around every bus stop is much more of a problem.
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Post# 376622 , Reply# 9   8/10/2017 at 00:08 (2,423 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)   |   | |
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I too must agree with the before mentioned parties. I absolutely love the sweet, sweet smell of its burning couch effervescence. I particularly love the DNA damage it does to your body and mind. Why, it must be like chain smoking a carton of burnt rubber bands soaked in cat urine. Oh, the smell is so sublime.
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Post# 376623 , Reply# 10   8/10/2017 at 00:32 (2,422 days old) by Seijun (Portland, OR)   |   | |
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I have personally never experienced any "stoned" feeling from what I use. THC causes that, not CBD. The varieties I use have basically no THC, only CBD. About 2-3 hours after taking it, I get extremely tired and fall asleep. It is ridiculous that it is still considered a class 1 drug, when common cigarettes and alcohol can actually kill people.
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Post# 376624 , Reply# 11   8/10/2017 at 02:07 (2,422 days old) by ryan1994jeep (Georgia)   |   | |
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At the Public Safety Building where I work the S.O. has an evidence room. There has got to be some 30+ old Mary Jane they haven't destroyed. In the winter with the heat going in that closed room you can smell it throughout the building and gives me a headache. I can't understand why you would want your house,car,or anything to smell like old a$$.
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Post# 376625 , Reply# 12   8/10/2017 at 02:07 (2,422 days old) by cb123 (Mobile, Al.)   |   | |
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Post# 376891 , Reply# 19   8/15/2017 at 10:47 (2,417 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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not even tried it ONCE. Neither my sister nor I ever smoked. I hate the smell/ VERY FEW of my friends smoke. Everyone KNOWS better to even THINK about smoking in my car, home, etc. Both of our parents smoked, and paid a high price for it. I won't go into details, but, suffice it to say, both of them have awfully gruesome deaths. Sadly, I witnessed both of them.
As far as pa9n management goes, most of you might know that I suffer with headaches. In a given month, I may have a headache 20 days out of 31. Excedrin is the only thing that helps me. Especially when all of the carpenters were here working on the house, I had a developed a little pharmacy in one of the drawers. There is... aspirin, Tylenol, Advil, and Alleve. Most of that is there for other people. |
Post# 376892 , Reply# 20   8/15/2017 at 10:51 (2,417 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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I'm sure some people think I'm an alcoholic. My organs are practically "factory direct". I AM an organ donor, too. Never drank, smoked, or did drugs. I'm libel to get killed by the ice cream truck. I can just see the obituary: "John Long, dies with a Nutty Buddy dripping down his face after being struck by The Good Humor Man".... film at 11:00. .....leaving hundreds of Hoover products behind.
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Post# 376896 , Reply# 21   8/15/2017 at 12:13 (2,417 days old) by vacuumlad1650 (Wauponsee, IL)   |   | |
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Post# 376972 , Reply# 25   8/17/2017 at 22:46 (2,415 days old) by Dustin (Jackson, MI)   |   | |
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I must be another odd duck here, I enjoy the smell when it's being smoked. Not the smell pre-smoking, and especially not the smell of stale smoke in someone's house (I have 2 friends whose houses smell awful), and not particularly fond of the taste. I do smoke regularly (but very little) to help me sleep, but I almost never do during the day. Just not a good combination for my already laid back personality, two puffs and I turn into a vegetable! I alternate with melatonin on nights I don't want to or can't smoke, and it works well. I could probably be considered an insomniac, and add to that I'm an extremely light sleeper.. Extremely light sleeper... Like someone walking to the bathroom 2 rooms away through a closed door with a fan on WILL wake me up. Without any type of sleep aid I will wake up several times during the night and take hours to fall asleep again. I took melatonin for about a month straight once, and got to the point where it did nothing, and over the counter pharmaceutical sleep aids do absolutely nothing. A few puffs and I'll drift off to sleep and actually sleep through the night. No, I don't believe it's the miracle cure that some people do, but I do see benefits. Like another post above, I find it to be absolutely repulsive that marijuana is classified as a schedule 1 drug, but meets none of the criteria to BE a schedule 1 drug! It's non addictive, impossible to fatally overdose (I've done a bit too much a couple times, and the only side effect was being a bit uncomfortable), and not likely to be abused. I can smoke daily for a period of time, then go weeks without, with no ill effects or withdrawals whatsoever. I do respect others who choose not to use it for any reason, don't like the smell, etc. If it's not your thing, it's not your thing. So be it, more for the rest of us! In our county, posession and use of up to an ounce on private property is decriminalized, so I'm in the clear there. In public, all laws still apply.
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Post# 377015 , Reply# 27   8/18/2017 at 21:31 (2,414 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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I hope/trust you weren't inferring that I think I'm perfect, or have a perfect life". Because, I absolutely do think I have that life. I may be luckier than some.... never having had to give up anything.
At the moment, I have more "upholstery" than I'd like.... working on that too.As I mentioned, I'm having a problem which is causing horrendous headaches. Perfect is not my life at all. |
Post# 377037 , Reply# 29   8/19/2017 at 03:31 (2,413 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Smokers in general no matter what they smoke---Its like being with an incinerator all of the time! |
Post# 377282 , Reply# 30   8/26/2017 at 11:58 (2,406 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 377356 , Reply# 32   8/28/2017 at 08:01 (2,404 days old) by gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)   |   | |
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Post# 380018 , Reply# 33   10/19/2017 at 21:46 (2,352 days old) by speedqueen (Harrison Twp MI)   |   | |
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is a shot of Round-Up when they are at work. Just watch those plants drop dead! |
Post# 380029 , Reply# 35   10/20/2017 at 08:49 (2,351 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan)   |   | |
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you don't live in Colorado. Growing pot is legal, and at least one college has a cirriculum on farming canabis. |