# The downside to legalizing marijuana **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210 "2015-03-17T16:50:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210/61 "2015-03-18T16:56:21Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Or, like tobacco, maybe pot will be legal but you can’t smoke it in a public building, or in certain parks. Only in front of \*\*jsgoddess \*\*on the sidewalk, or your private deck just below hers. Given that smoking tobacco is only barely tolerated these days, I don’t see why smoking marijuana would/should receive any laxer treatment. Especially since the general consensus is that marijuana smoke is much more noxious than cigarette smoke. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210/62 "2015-03-18T19:34:29Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Given that smoking tobacco is only barely tolerated these days, I don’t see why smoking marijuana would/should receive any laxer treatment. Especially since the general consensus is that marijuana smoke is much more noxious than cigarette smoke. Lack of research showing that second-hand marijuana smoke is harmful, compared to lots of research showing that second-hand tobacco smoke is? ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210/63 "2015-03-18T19:45:05Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > The issue here is whether pot stinks. Pot smells wonderful. _You_ stink. Seriously though, all sorts of things smell bad in our society. Fat people on the subway on a hot summer afternoon. Fresh mulch on my neighbor’s lawn. The woman next to me in the elevator who is wearing too much perfume. Indian restaurants. People who have recently eaten at Indian restaurants. The home of anyone who keeps a dog or a cat as an indoor pet. Do you want to make all of those things illegal too? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210/64 "2015-03-18T20:02:46Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > Pot smells wonderful. _You_ stink. > > Seriously though, all sorts of things smell bad in our society. Fat people on the subway on a hot summer afternoon. Fresh mulch on my neighbor’s lawn. The woman next to me in the elevator who is wearing too much perfume. Indian restaurants. People who have recently eaten at Indian restaurants. The home of anyone who keeps a dog or a cat as an indoor pet. Do you want to make all of those things illegal too? Jesus, why all the hate? **jsgoddess** starts a thread bitching about a minor annoyance, and responds with humor to the crap thrown at her (cf post 55) and gets reamed out. Yeah, there are plenty of stinky things we all encounter. Now there’s one more. Chill out, FFS. I thought potheads were supposed to be mellow. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210/65 "2015-03-18T20:23:52Z")
I don’t smoke pot, I was trying to raise awareness for my campaign to ban fat people, perfume, mulch, cats, dogs and Indian food. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210/66 "2015-03-18T21:38:12Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > I don’t smoke pot, I was trying to raise awareness for my campaign to ban fat people, perfume, mulch, cats, dogs and Indian food. Well, see, there’s the problem…😛 ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210/67 "2015-03-18T23:58:17Z")
I actually like the smell of pot. Always have. My neighbors like to partake of the wacky weed out on their back patio on a nice evening. I admit to sitting on my own patio just to enjoy the occasional waft over the fence. I will grant you, though, that if they were right in front of me toking away, I’d probably want them to stop. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210/68 "2015-03-19T05:55:08Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I’ll be the pot cloud version of Rob McKenna. 🆒😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210/69 "2015-03-19T13:15:19Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Light some patchouli incense to mask the smell. Works great! 😃 The cure is worse than the disease! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-downside-to-legalizing-marijuana/715210.md?page=3)