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Five years later, researchers say the impacts of legalizing cannabis in Canada have been mixed (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Since Canada's legalization of cannabis five years ago, researchers say the policy has had mixed results in terms of public health and justice reform.

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[–] voidavoid@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, when you describe yr experience of being exposed to the scent of cannabis when outdoors, are we talking a persistent scent in these enviroments, a passing whiff, or somewhere in between?

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

somewhere in between

Depends. Since legalization, between two neighbours I have who seem to smoke regularly, I had to keep the windows closed to our kitchen and bedrooms over the summer months. We're talking about early morning to midnight. Working on my bike in my own backyard is a challenge because of that.

On walks/rides, this can happen in passing at least a few times per outing. At parks, sometimes, someone will be there smoking weed while they watch their kid, which means I can't take my grandkids to the park at that moment.

For me, it's not just a smell to be annoyed with. I get persistent headaches/migraines when exposed to cigarette or cannabis smoke, for hours. Effectively, it can ruin my day, and I've had to return from hikes on more than several occasions because of this.

I'm not arguing against people's choice to do drugs, but when it affects others around them, it's problematic. It's honestly disappointing that my original comment has been downvoted, considering this is something that I'd think any reasonable person would agree with. My experience has been profoundly negative.

[–] voidavoid@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can see that being frustrating for sure.

Ngl, I've seen nothing but positives from legalization on a personal level, but I was curious to hear yr experience, as what you described in yr original comment reminded me of my dad's complaint of second hand cannabis smoke when we were out in public, and he caught of whiff of it for less than 5 seconds, which seemed... extreme.

Thanks for taking the time to answer.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Its a problem, it hangs in the air and spreads really far. it isn't like a cigarette where it wafts away quickly. we experienced the same as the other commentor. a local pond is lowlying and some dude chilling out is choking out everyone trying to enjoy a moment. Our balcony gets flooded with the stank from the lower floor unit, or blows directly into our place while eating dinner. We've seen a group hanging out on a path and parents having to walk their kids through a huge cloud. It just sucks that everyone that wants to avoid that smell or smoke now has every park, beach, trail, sidewalk stinking and smokey. as my username suggests I'm in BC and it has always neen tolerated here, but at least before people went to remote places or did it inside, now it seems people just don't have common courtesy simce it waa decriminalized