# Would it bother you if someone was smoking marijuana on the sidewalk? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138 "2017-12-10T20:01:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/101 "2017-12-16T17:25:39Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Oh, and my most-potentially-dangerous foray into making butane honey oil. > > Good times, all. Yeah, I went down that road, too, but after my 15th or so BHO batch, I realised - ok - I might just end up “blowin up REAL good”. Butane’s also not nicest thing to be breathing in while you’re the making the shit. I just hope you were either outside or in a very well-ventilated area when you attempted it. Also - I just got fuckin lazy - why go through all that bloody bother when you can just boogie into a dispensary and in no time you have a buncha grams or half-grams of OG Shark or Himalayan Kannalope shatter, or some mmmmmm fine fine Cookstar live resin. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/102 "2017-12-16T20:20:41Z")
Yep, did it outdoors. I’d read/heard too many horror stories. ETA: I dream of the day when I can shop in a dispensary. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/103 "2017-12-16T20:41:48Z")
According to [webehigh.org](http://webehigh.org), San Antonio is a 4.6 on their “legality” scale, with 1 being “the po-po will pull you over if they even think you have a seed on you” and 5 being “it’s legal.” Not exactly legal here, but it is unofficially decriminalized on the individual user level (given the usual caveats about driving while smoking, etc). And, yes, walking through downtown SA, one commonly smells (and sees) weed being smoked in the open (if you consider smoking a blunt to be ‘open’.) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/104 "2017-12-16T21:06:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **BigT** , smoke from tobacco and marijuana are both psychoactive, just in different ways. I am aware that there is a tiny bit of nicotine left, making the smoke technically psychoactive. But I am also under the impression it has negligible effects. Upon a quick Google search, it’s apparently 1% of what you get by smoking, and the main effects are that it can induce cravings in (ex-)smokers. My understanding is that marijuana is much more potent in smoke. I am fully aware of the concept of hotboxing, and how it can be done even if not everyone is actually smoking. That suggests to me that marijuana is much more psychoactive. A quick Google search only discussed whether it could lead to you failing a drug test, not amounts or effects. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/105 "2017-12-16T21:46:23Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I am fully aware of the concept of hotboxing, and how it can be done even if not everyone is actually smoking. That suggests to me that marijuana is much more psychoactive. Several times over the years, I’ve been with a group in a hotbox situation where one person says they don’t wanna hit the joint/bowl/vape, they just want to see if they get high passively. _Every damn time_ the scientific method fails, as the guinea pig dude breaks down, “hey, lemme hit that”. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/106 "2017-12-17T04:30:42Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Several times over the years, I’ve been with a group in a hotbox situation where one person says they don’t wanna hit the joint/bowl/vape, they just want to see if they get high passively. > > _Every damn time_ the scientific method fails, as the guinea pig dude breaks down, “hey, lemme hit that”. I was guarding a Grateful Dead concert back in the day. Yes, yes, you can get high passively. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/107 "2017-12-17T05:58:56Z")
About passive highs from second-hand smoke - I’m seeing too much in the media about it being referred to, erroneously, as a “contact high”, which is more like being all straight and sober, and then you go in the close proximity of someone on a mushroom or chemical high (and with no inhalation of anything) and you start feeling their high, and also eliciting a whole whackload of my skepticism. > [@kayaker](#): > > ETA: I dream of the day when I can shop in a dispensary. FWIW - In case you’re curious - of the 25-odd dispensaries in town, [Farmacy](https://farmacydispensary.com/menu/#Flowers) is my usual go-to, with a bonkers selection. > [@DrDeth](#): > > I was guarding a Grateful Dead concert back in the day. Yes, yes, you can get high passively. In that situation I wouldn’t have been surprised if there was just as much 'cid as pot being enjoyed, raising the following question: I’m sure you got a passive high if there were enough folks toking around you, but are you also saying that you got a contact high from folks on 'cid? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/108 "2017-12-17T18:05:52Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > A > In that situation I wouldn’t have been surprised if there was just as much 'cid as pot being enjoyed, raising the following question: > I’m sure you got a passive high if there were enough folks toking around you, but are you also saying that you got a contact high from folks on 'cid? I doubt it, but the air was thick. The music and the crowd vibe helped of course. Some manager guy came over to us later and thanks us profusely, and gave me a handbill with “This guy gets in free” and a illegible signature scrawled on it. That gave me a back stage pass, oddly, and that Christmas someone sent me a Jerry Garcia tie. I have no idea how they knew my address, but hey. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/109 "2017-12-17T23:01:24Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > I like the smell. Canada will legalize pot by 1 July 2018 which is also Canada Day. It’ll be interesting to talk a walk through those celebrations and the provincial ones a week earlier. I don’t use the stuff, and I don’t know anyone who does, so my exposure has been limited. But the two times I know I was near it–not even being smoked, once found in a baggie at the store I worked in and once passing a man in CO–I felt like someone had reached inside my skull and twisted my brain around. I don’t think I will be visiting Canada, because I can’t afford to before 7-1-2018. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/110 "2017-12-18T11:22:40Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > I don’t use the stuff, and I don’t know anyone who does, so my exposure has been limited. But the two times I know I was near it–not even being smoked, once found in a baggie at the store I worked in and once passing a man in CO– **I felt like someone had reached inside my skull and twisted my brain around.** I don’t think I will be visiting Canada, because I can’t afford to before 7-1-2018. \ Where I come from we call that “good shit”.😃 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/111 "2017-12-18T12:19:38Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > … > In that situation I wouldn’t have been surprised if there was just as much 'cid as pot being enjoyed, raising the following question: > I’m sure you got a passive high if there were enough folks toking around you, but are you also saying that you got a contact high from folks on 'cid? Color me very, very square on this stuff. Not a tongue-clucker, just clueless. I’m thinking 'cid is a slang for acid as in LSD? How exactly is apostrophe-c-i-d shorter than a-c-i-d? Sounds like stoner logic to me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/112 "2017-12-18T12:50:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Color me very, very square on this stuff. Not a tongue-clucker, just clueless. > > I’m thinking 'cid is a slang for acid as in LSD? How exactly is apostrophe-c-i-d shorter than a-c-i-d? Sounds like stoner logic to me. 🙂 Yes, the Grateful Dead are known for being associated with LSD. I am also puzzled because “LSD” is one character shorter than “'cid”. Perhaps it comes from the habit of writing as one talks? A contact high from LSD is not likely. A typical dose is 0.1mg on a quarter inch piece of paper. I presume one could vaporize it while it’s in powder/liquid/sugar cube form but I’ve never heard of vaporizing it. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/113 "2017-12-18T15:28:54Z")
Funny, yeah I never realised the apostrophe makes it one extra character. I just figured folks might not catch on to what just “cid” is, without the apostrophe. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/114 "2017-12-18T15:51:56Z")
Only if they didn’t offer me a toke. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/115 "2017-12-18T16:54:57Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Funny, yeah I never realised the apostrophe makes it one extra character. I just figured folks might not catch on to what just “cid” is, without the apostrophe. I wouldn’t have, so thanks for including it. Which reminds me. Why do we use such a long word, “abbreviations”, to mean something short? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/116 "2017-12-18T17:32:48Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > I don’t use the stuff, and I don’t know anyone who does, so my exposure has been limited. But the two times I know I was near it–not even being smoked, once found in a baggie at the store I worked in and once passing a man in CO–I felt like someone had reached inside my skull and twisted my brain around. I don’t think I will be visiting Canada, because I can’t afford to before 7-1-2018. Wow! I don’t use the stuff, but I’ve been to parties where others were indulging, and I even tried it once in college. When I actually tried smoking it all I really noticed was a horrible taste in the back of my throat for the next two hours. I wouldn’t have wanted to be tested for drugs after the parties, but I didn’t get high enough to notice it. I believe you can get a second-hand-smoke high, but I think for most of us, it’s hard. I’ve never heard of a second hand acid high. I don’t think that happens. ---
**Author:** ![Rutherford\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Rutherford\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rutherford_B)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/117 "2017-12-18T20:23:59Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > You are aware there are multiple states where it’s just as legal as drinking a beer, right? Very few states that allow drinking a beer while walking down a public sidewalk. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/118 "2017-12-19T00:36:16Z")
> [@Rutherford\_B](#): > > Very few states that allow drinking a beer while walking down a public sidewalk. One of the reasons we visit NOLA every couple of years is their relaxed alcohol laws. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/119 "2017-12-19T00:54:27Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > I don’t use the stuff, and I don’t know anyone who does, so my exposure has been limited. But the two times I know I was near it–not even being smoked, once found in a baggie at the store I worked in and once passing a man in CO–I felt like someone had reached inside my skull and twisted my brain around. I don’t think I will be visiting Canada, because I can’t afford to before 7-1-2018. What happens on 7-1-2018? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138/120 "2017-12-19T02:21:34Z")
That’s the date weed becomes legal throughout Canada. He said he could never stand to go into a country like that; too stinky. So he has to visit before then. But he can’t save up that much money that fast. So no Canada ever for him. Oh well. Or so he said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138.md?page=7)