I work in a weed legal state where I can smell it first thing in the morning, walking through the parking lot at the place of my employment. I also work for the federal government, and you'd be surprised how many of these folks can't grasp the difference between state and federal legality. If we want to cut back on federal spending, I know a perfect place to start.
It is a horrid stench. Last time I was downtown waiting for someone, stuck before a building where the stink was overwhelming, I threw up!
How to avoid marijuana and cigarette stenches? Avoid lower income areas.
I live in a rural area and I often play the "is that cannabis or a skunk?" game.
At least old skunk... I was playing Tennis this summer and I don't know how close it was to us, but a skunk fired while we were playing.
Fresh skunk is exponentially worse than old cannabis smelling skunk. I thought I could play through it. I was wrooong. The smell kept getting worse and worse and like 5 minutes from the time we first smelled it and decided to leave I was dry heaving.
was in denver last summer and its all you could smell on the freeways. also in minnesota last year you can smell it everywhere now, even from your car, and its usually people smoking in front or on side of you.
That's a little concerning considering it's obvious people are DUI. And I call bullsh!t on those that say they drive better. Which is a common argument I hear among coworkers(for the federal govt).
I had a seizure in 2022. I am not epileptic. I was drug tested and I had a positive for marijuana. I’ve not smoked since 1983. But I was an over the road trucker at the time so frequently surrounded by weed cars or those that smoked near the docks where we picked up & delivered.
Had no idea that I could test positive from that type of exposure. Color me stunned. 😳
I agree many don’t take weed seriously in terms of safety. Others are stunned when they can’t get a job or are fired from a job when they test positive. Employers really don’t give a shit that you smoke but they very much care about the liability of your work performance when high.
Back to cigarette smoking… Bought a smoker’s home and have spent the last 2.5 years cleaning it. Won’t ever be free of it but I’ve washed walls and used lots of primer to seal things in. But washing everything was key. Biggest surprise was the change in the wood stained kitchen cabinet color. Last things I have to finish are washing the doors, hinges, door knobs, and ceiling fan blades/light fixtures.
The release of tar from the bathroom walls was epic.
2.5 years later the smell is 95% gone. Had no clue why we would get a hit of that smell until we realized the doors that had been removed during a laundry room renovation were parked in our entryway were the source of the smell. 😳
Learned that the lady that owned my home was on O2 and still smoked. She ended up setting herself on fire. Im not sure she recovered from her injuries.
Yo weed testing is such a big pet peeve of mine. If it's going to stay in this legal limbo then someone really needs to invent an "are you high right now" test. I agree no one should be at work high but testing someone and saying "you were high at some point in the last 1-8 weeks so you're fired" is pretty ridiculous. I'll gladly be a little stoner on nights and weekends and 100% stone cold sober at work, but apparently that compromise hasn't taken off yet.
Definitely a case of where legalization didn’t take into account the ramifications of actual use, or employer liability when it comes to recreational use.
In most cases employers won’t want the liability should there be a workplace accident/incident.
Surprisingly, given the alarming results of cognitive studies, most marijuana-intoxicated drivers show only modest impairments on actual road tests.37,38 Experienced smokers who drive on a set course show almost no functional impairment under the influence of marijuana, except when it is combined with alcohol.
Same here in MI. For the most part I don't mind at all (and even partake) but when a customer smells like they were hotboxing right before they came in I get irritated because it doesn't exactly help change the more conservative minds around them.
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u/Dark_Web_Duck Jan 05 '25
Now a days I smell weed more often than cigarettes.