Getting a whiff of weed from passing cars

[annedonnelly]

no idea what it smells like to start with

Me either. I've led a sheltered life!

 

[roubaixtuesday]

no idea what it smells like to start with

A bit like hops IMO.

Maybe "Hemp beer" should be a thing...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

The 'contact high' is a myth, peddled by people who've never actually smoked.

I'll disagree with that I get an instant headache on the smell of the stuff, so something is clearly happening

Although I'd welcome a world where we all got to wander around in this apparent haze created by the occasional waft off a spliff.

Hope I never have to live in your world.

I also think that TV & Films are a lot to blame, the smoking of it in them is now prolific & it 'celebrities' are supporting it then the sheep will as well.

 

[slowmotion]

On a Friday afternoon in west London, builders' vans that are not leaving a back-blast of skunk smoke are few and far between.

 

[classic33]

The 'contact high' is a myth, peddled by people who've never actually smoked.

THC, what gets you high, is absorbed in seconds. In your lungs.

Although I'd welcome a world where we all got to wander around in this apparent haze created by the occasional waft off a spliff.

Unlikely, but possible.
"Studies have shown that although possible, it is unlikely that a person who breathes in secondhand marijuana smoke will get high."

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/side-effects-of-secondhand-marijuana-smoke

 

[KnittyNorah]

Just go to Preston Bus Station any time. The closer you get to the entrance doors, the stronger the smell and by the time you actually get into it, you're probably nose-blind.

 

[BoldonLad]

no idea what it smells like to start with

Me too. Despite having my youth in the "swinging 60s", I seem to have missed out.

 

[raleighnut]

I always found that after smoklng I rode my Motorbikes a lot slower whereas after drinking I was far more reckless mind you this was in my youth (late 70's/early 80's)

There is also the fallacy that 'Cannabis is much stronger these days'....................utter tosh, I was smoking weed/hash back then that was really good, 'Thai sticks', Nepalese Temple balls, Red Lebanese, African 'bush', Paki/Afghani 'black' and many more but then in the 90's 'Soapbar' raised it's ugly head. 'Soapbar' is basically a factory product made in mainly Holland which is a decent resin that is chopped up and then adulterated with 'fillers' and re-pressed into lumps similar in size and shape to a bar of soap (you could tell it was made this way because you would come across little bits of the original cellophane wrapper embedded in the 'product') Now compared to this modern 'Skunk' is stronger.

Also the demographic of users changed from educated professional people University lecturers, Doctors, Teachers, Solicitors etc. smoking after a stressful day to unwind to the modern demographic of 'youths' who would have previously been drinking cans of Lager/Cider or sniffing glue enthusiastically taking up 'Wacky Bakky'.

 

[AndyRM]

I'll disagree with that I get an instant headache on the smell of the stuff, so something is clearly happening

Hope I never have to live in your world.

I also think that TV & Films are a lot to blame, the smoking of it in them is now prolific & it 'celebrities' are supporting it then the sheep will as well.

That's not getting high though, is it?

Smoking weed has been prolific for decades. Centuries, even.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

That's not getting high though, is it?

Smoking weed has been prolific for decades. Centuries, even.

No idea I've never tried nor will I ever

 

[raleighnut]

That's not getting high though, is it?

Smoking weed has been prolific for decades. Centuries, even.

Yep even Queen Victoria was a fan, she used it to sooth 'period' pains.

 

[AndyRM]

No idea I've never tried nor will I ever

Good for you.

I assume you abstain from alcohol, caffeine and all other intoxicants?

 

[raleighnut]

I wish I could work out how to post 'linkies' on this new Chromebook

Just google the sadly missed Bill Hicks to get a perspective on 'taxed drugs'

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Good for you.

I assume you abstain from alcohol, caffeine and all other intoxicants?

You can assume WTF you like

 

[Deleted User]

It's sad that people can't start the day without smoking weed, or whatever else.

I do report them where I can be sure which vehicle it is, and I understand the police just put a drugs marker on the car so it can be stopped & the driver tested or whatever if it triggers ANPR (?)

It's quite sad that people find it necessary to go around reporting people but each to their own I guess, how would you know it's the driver and not the passenger smoking?

Would you do the same riding past someone's house if they had the windows open or people in their gardens?