Meh. Speaking from experience, this is BS. Cigarettes cling to everything and the smell never goes away. Weed does, in fact, dissipate.
The amendment does not need to forbid growing it. It is already against the law to cultivate pot and will get you a felony and jail time. Unless that law were to be change the amendment does nothing to allow people to grow their own. They are interested in selling pot to people not making it legal for people to grow their own.
Even BBQ smell can get to you. I know someone that lived behind a BBQ joint and they said you can't escape the fire/BBQ smell. They even brought it up to the neighborhood association, not sure you can do anything about it though.
Weed smell did dissipate back when I was in school. Today's weed is not that. Someone smoked next to my wife's car one day at Best Buy and her car smelled like pot for a week. Had to fart in her car to cover it up.
This is why I could never own a BBQ restaurant or any place with a deep fryer and/or smoke ... you are just gonna smell a certain way all the time.
I don't think you're going to see the wording on the amendment that you want. According to attorney John Morgan: Also during the debate, attorney John Morgan of "Yes on 3" said state lawmakers could authorize homegrown cannabis if Amendment 3 passes, adding, “They (lawmakers) have the power to do that. You can't do it by constitutional amendment.”
I can only go off my own preferences, but are people really blasting doobies as much now? I feel like edibles and vapes do the job for most people. A joint is nice for nostalgia sake sometimes, but I'd think people are more health conscious about unfiltered stuff.
I've just never experienced a situation where smoke from a joint clung to a car for more than a week. But, yes, the kids like the vapes better (can't say I'm a fan). IDK, those actually hurt my lungs.
In middle-aged New England it's mostly edibles (easier to hide from kids) - vapes when appropriate. I have a vape that burns flower. This is my preferred way to smoke, but I rarely use it.
Some like the smell of it and others do not - similar to how some folks love colognes and perfumes while others hate them - some even citing physical manifestations such as allergic reactions or headaches. I saw this happen just the other day when a cashier started coughing as the woman in front of me was leaving. I do not think people having subjective disagreements about smells is a sufficient reason to criminalize something, but people should certainly be considerate. Like, it'd be rude IMO to bust out a block of limburger cheese on a flight or to light up a cigar right next to people trying to enjoy their dinner at the next table. Also, tons of people are using vapes these days (not to mention edibles), so it's not as if most users are necessarily rolling fatties or firing up gravity bongs. I haven't been to New York City in years but marijuana is recreationally legal in about half the country, and medically legal, and/or de-criminalized in even more states. I don't know if the smell in NYC is more prevalent or causing more problems than other places, but I suppose smells are going to be more pronounced in more densely populated areas. If you've ever strolled down Bourbon Street on a sultry summer night, you might wish you had more people out there smoking weed to mask the other aromas.
Its basically legal already. Just go to a reputable CBD shop and they will most likely have THCa and other variants. Its basically the same thing. If you look at recreational shops in legal states the fine print says THCa on a lot of their products. Team Legalize It!
When I moved from Florida to Tennessee, we came close to picking Georgia. However, the state taxes played a big role in that decision and I truly just hate everything about Georgia through and through. Just another reason to add to the list..
They better get the wording right this time. Seriously, rather than pushing to get something on the ballot, advocates need to be involved early in shaping exactly what is there. Amendment 3 failed because it was (at best) garbage wording imo. At worst, it was deliberately poison pilled. I'll go further than that. A THFSG thread could yield better wording than 3 had. Bah dum chssshhh. Any legal minds want to start a thread? I'd be interested in the resulting language.
I didn't study it in great detail but did read the briefs and watched the oral argument when Moody and others were trying to keep it off the ballot. My recollection is that at least some of the language was written the way it was based upon prior Court rulings and/or legal positions that had been taken by the AG.
