# Let's go smoke some pot! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544 "2014-07-07T14:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/1 "2014-07-07T14:51:00Z")
Licenses for marijuana stores were sent to recipients by email early this morning. One licensee that was named is in Seattle, and the other is up here in Bellingham. These two stores are ready to open tomorrow, while others are awaiting product. I have no interest in marijuana. The SO says she’d like to buy some just because she can, but she also has no interest in smoking it. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/2 "2014-07-07T14:57:14Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I have no interest in marijuana. The SO says she’d like to buy some just because she can, but she also has no interest in smoking it. That’s a bit unusual. She could also buy a pound of hotdogs she doesn’t want to eat. My wife and I don’t smoke much pot, so our current stash is probably sufficient to last 6 months or more. It is nice to know that we can just head down to the store if want more. Although, in reality, it was never difficult to find some. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/3 "2014-07-07T15:08:02Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > That’s a bit unusual. She could also buy a pound of hotdogs she doesn’t want to eat. It’s the novelty factor. Hot dogs haven’t been illegal. It’s like when I got a concealed carry permit. I have no interest in carrying a firearm, but it’s impossible to get a permit in L.A. So when I moved here, I got one just because I could. It’s come in handy, in that I don’t have a waiting period for purchases, but I’ve never used it for its intended purpose. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/4 "2014-07-07T15:17:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s like when I got a concealed carry permit. I have no interest in carrying a firearm, but it’s impossible to get a permit in L.A. So when I moved here, I got one just because I could. It’s come in handy, in that I don’t have a waiting period for purchases, but I’ve never used it for its intended purpose. 😕 What are you purchasing that you now don’t have a waiting period for? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/5 "2014-07-07T15:24:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s the novelty factor. . I guess I can see that. Pot has been so easy to buy I never really thought of it that way. (Although I do remember walking into a store in Amsterdam about 10 years ago and getting some, and thought that was the greatest thing ever.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/6 "2014-07-07T15:24:44Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > 😕 What are you purchasing that you now don’t have a waiting period for? Haven’t bought anything in a while. There’s a 1916 ‘Red 9’ broomhandle Mauser, a 1916 (0r is it 1917?) Colt Government Model 1911, a replica Remington 1858 black powder revolver (strangely, they’re treated like modern guns – everywhere else you can mail-order them), that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/7 "2014-07-07T15:26:43Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I guess I can see that. Pot has been so easy to buy I never really thought of it that way. As I said, I have no interest in it. I have no idea where to get any. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/8 "2014-07-07T15:33:32Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Haven’t bought anything in a while. There’s a 1916 ‘Red 9’ broomhandle Mauser, a 1916 (0r is it 1917?) Colt Government Model 1911, a replica Remington 1858 black powder revolver (strangely, they’re treated like modern guns – everywhere else you can mail-order them), that sort of thing. So, antique guns that you don’t carry around with you? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/9 "2014-07-07T15:42:05Z")
If you’re not interested in smoking the pot, but you’d still like to buy some, maybe you could cook with it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/10 "2014-07-07T15:43:20Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > So, antique guns that you don’t carry around with you? I have modern ones too, but the antiques are the most recent. And no, I don’t carry anything. As I said, I just got the permit for the novelty of it. The other thing is a bonus that was not a factor. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/11 "2014-07-07T15:45:53Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > If you’re not interested in smoking the pot, but you’d still like to buy some, maybe you could cook with it. I do have a friend about 100 miles from here who makes cookies with it. But I have no interest in consuming it in any form. Other people are, and my personal preferences should have no bearing on their recreational use of intoxicants. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/12 "2014-07-07T15:46:30Z")
Couldn’t we just bake into some brownies instead? My friend was telling me one night at the dinner table her teenaged grandson announced to his parents that he decided he would never smoke pot. The parents are realistic, they figured at sometime or another he would try pot and knew they needed a game plan on how to deal with it. So they were a little surprised and pleased by his comment. As they sat there beaming at their son and congratulating each other on doing a good job parenting, their son says, ‘I’ve been giving it a lot of thought and I think I’d rather bake it in brownies’. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-smoke-some-pot/692544/13 "2014-07-07T15:55:23Z")
[100% legal pot smoker.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/brian_gautreau/295771935/)