Cannabis rules to vary by borough
We’re getting a patchwork of pot consumption rules, with the CAQ backing off on their initial plan to make all public consumption illegal – it’s now going to be OK in parks, if you’re 21 or older – but then boroughs are varying on their positions as well.
JP 12:06 on 2019-05-15 Permalink
I just hate the smell so much. Not looking forward to it.
qatzelok 20:10 on 2019-05-15 Permalink
I don’t like the smell of cars, so maybe cars could be eliminated to balance things out smell-wise.
Tim S. 21:31 on 2019-05-15 Permalink
Yeah, but the whole point of a park is that you can get away from cars……
Tim S. 21:34 on 2019-05-15 Permalink
so it would be nice if there was a similar space where you could also get away from pot.
TC 22:28 on 2019-05-15 Permalink
What is the policy on cigarettes? Many cities have banned them from public spaces.
denpanosekai 07:10 on 2019-05-16 Permalink
I’m with you guys — I hate all smoke smell. Smoking *anything* in public is such a hypocrite thing to do.
Ian 07:53 on 2019-05-16 Permalink
Wow, it sure is hard dealing with living in a densely populated environment where other people use the space differently! Why, I hear some of them even have bagel ovens! They must hate the environment and children.
Chris 11:47 on 2019-05-16 Permalink
TC: smoking is not permitted in most (all?) parks. Look for the sign near park entrances.
Ian, why the snark? It really is legit hard “dealing with living in a densely populated environment where other people use the space differently.”
Between car smells, smoking, wood-based cooking, BBQs, etc. it is indeed hard to find a place to sit outside where you can enjoy fresh air. Last time I went to sit and read in Laurier park I changed benches probably 5 times trying to find fresh air. Solutions are not obvious/trivial. Yet another reason to move to the burbs I’m afraid.
Mark Côté 15:21 on 2019-05-16 Permalink
There will still be some restrictions. As per the Gazette article, “Municipalities will have to post signs indicating where smoking is permitted. They will also have to forbid smoking in parks during cultural festivals or large sporting events.”
So far I have not seen an explosion in public pot consumption, although admittedly spring is only just getting underway.
k 15:28 on 2019-05-16 Permalink
Chris – Well, if you choose to live in a densely populated city, you are choosing to live with people. If you don’t want to live around people and the many different ways they live, then yes, it’s time to go to the suburbs.
I lived right off Price Arthur for six years. Every year, it got increasingly noisy with drunk students every night. The cops were outside of our house more often then not. We had to spend summers sleeping with our windows closed.
Two years ago, we moved away to a quieter area of the island. What we didn’t do was ask to ban students or drinking.
EmilyG 15:34 on 2019-05-16 Permalink
I’d rather have people smoke pot or cigarettes outside than nearby inside my own apartment building.
Chris 17:52 on 2019-05-16 Permalink
k, “choosing to live with people” doesn’t mean anyone gets to do anything. When one’s actions affect others, there’s a balance to be had. Your right to swing your arms ends at my face, as they say. There is a balance between your “right” to pollute the air and my right be breathe clean fresh air.
Ian 19:12 on 2019-05-16 Permalink
Hence laws. People can smoke dope. Get over it.
Chris 21:51 on 2019-05-16 Permalink
Yes, hence laws, and the changing thereof. Almost like that’s the topic of the articles Kate linked to, and that we are discussing.