JI

Jean Ibosh

fedup90611.bsky.social

It should be more acceptable. Definitely less dangerous.

AQ

grammymae.bsky.social

Until MJ is no longer schedule 1 drug...sadly things won't change.

AQ

yourwitcher.bsky.social

Weed smells way worse tho

AH

Annie Haz

anniehaz.bsky.social

It should be more acceptable! I've never seen a vicious fight break out between stoned people,but I've seen far too many when people drink alcohol,worse when they're really drunk!Add in that they sell alcohol in garages/petrol stations & I think that's literally asking for injury or death!

AQ

yellowlimo.bsky.social

More.

J

jochanaan

jochanaan.bsky.social

That's not always the Gotcha you think it is. Some stoner bands... 😵‍💫😅

P

Peppercorn

peppercorn.bsky.social

I don’t think drinking a strong beer ever unlocked someone’s latent schizophrenia but I know for sure that a really potent joint can do it

C

coolhippiechick

mrspeelwannabe.bsky.social

And if they don't start a band they will order pizza and munchies for everyone.

M

Mcnutt

ginny1956.bsky.social

🙌🙌👍👍

KM

Kate McClanaghan

katemcclanaghan.bsky.social

YES.

RU

Rise Up & Resist Now!

riseupresistnow.bsky.social

And 5 coke heads will start a business plan to manage that band and all merchandise, t-shirts, buttons, albums, refrigerator magnets, stickers, did I say t-shirts already?! (sniff sniff) all it takes is a little capital...anyway, beer cozies, key chains...I said t-shirts right?! (grind grind).

AQ

pedro-sandoval.bsky.social

Well, they'll at least try to start a band. youtu.be/WeYsTmIzjkw?...

R

Ringo

sringo5.bsky.social

Yes.

MB

Maurice.bsky.social

madamlafayette.bsky.social

Just for the quality of the snack foods they usually possess.

JF

Jon Flushing

jflushing.bsky.social

why not?

VC

Vanessa Chaland

vanessachaland.bsky.social

👍

L

ladyheather

ladyannheather.bsky.social

💯

TT

Terry Trueman

ttrueman.bsky.social

Indeed, but 5 drunk stoners, or 5 stoned drunks, are ALL better than any number of MAGA fuckin' nazis, IMO.

EI

Eh-I

eh-i.bsky.social

They all play bass

DW

Drew Webb 🏳️‍🌈

archeryfan93.bsky.social

Of course

H

HansKI

hanksi-art.bsky.social

If someone drinks beer next to me in a bar, I’m not forced to drink beer along with them. But if someone smokes next to me—no matter what it is—I end up getting that filth into my lungs against my will.

JH

Joe Horger

joehorger.bsky.social

While I think it should be legal, it should follow the same rules as smoking a cigarette at least (since you're asking about "socially acceptable")

AQ

pepperoni-dogfart.bsky.social

Probably, but beer doesn't skunk stink the whole goddamn neighborhood. All you weed breeders, make a strain that doesn't smell like the firey asshole of Satan and weed will be a lot more accepted.

MO

☘️🧉🎨 Maria O'Connor 💙

mariaoconnor.bsky.social

What about not consuming either one

AQ

dottiez.bsky.social

As long as one group member is designated sober to get everyone home

AQ

fingbullshit.bsky.social

More, actually

AQ

ryanmceachern.bsky.social

As one of the Marleys put it (paraphrasing) "have you ever seen an angry person that was stoned?" It is important to make sure people understand that there are health risks, though far less severe than alcohol, and it's not for everyone. But, if one should be legal... it's not even close.

CC

Celtic Charm🇨🇦

celticcharm.bsky.social

Hey America, come join the band 🇨🇦🫎

AQ

davemunro.bsky.social

Move to Canada. www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/ca...

JA

Just a Guy, literally and figuratively 🤔

iamthatdamnguy.bsky.social

100 out of 100 cops would rather deal with stoners than drunks.

T

timothymar10

timothymar10.bsky.social

I completely disagree as a cashier for 30 years I can tell you people now don’t just mellow they get obliterated to the point they can’t talk or count . There needs to be the equivalent of a breathalyzer for weed. Also many do Both at the same time

M

Miaganga

miaganga.bsky.social

Of course.

O

Ojodio

ojodio.bsky.social

Definitely

AQ

kelsey59.bsky.social

No

PD

Psionic Death

psionicdeath.bsky.social

Only prob I have with the legalization is people growin who dont know that their males will 'infect' their neighbors crops!

L

LackingPatienceinSpades♠️🪏

patiencespade.bsky.social

They also spend money on snacks, unlike some appetite suppressing drugs.

OA

Opossum Apostle

opossumopie.bsky.social

"5 stoners will start a band"

AQ

cinda1980.bsky.social

I thought it was, at least at my house.

CM

Comiczette, (Ms J.T. 😻 ) fam check ya Vote cards plez-update 'em

lovexlove4real.bsky.social

Yes.

Q

QueenT

queentmg.bsky.social

Yep. Never heard of someone getting divorced, losing their job (maybe this one), alienated from their family, losing their home, living in a tent by the side of the interstate, bc of weed. Alcohol, you bet.

H

HighTweeds

hightweeds.bsky.social

More so tbh. Less fights, less verbal abuse, less adultery, etc..

K

KelKel

keltheburgh.bsky.social

No doubt. No such thing as a mean high but definitely a mean drunk.

MA

Mike A

bazinga987.bsky.social

That's all we need, more weed addicts.

AQ

jeff50.bsky.social

It already is, but not for those "stereotypes" you have. gotta love Colorado and Canada!!

SA

Sword and Sorcery Books

swordandsorcery.bsky.social

Edibles, yes. Smoking it, no. My only objection to Marijuana and Tobacco is the smell / potential health effects. I suspect many other people feel the same. If people just ate edibles instead of smoking society would likely be a lot more accepting of it.

AQ

sws1972.bsky.social

Fewer long-term health risks too. I don’t really want to hang out with either group, but who am I to stop them?

S

SunSpirit455

sunspirit455.bsky.social

Did you get that quote from Tommy Chong or did he get it from you? It's one of his favorites.

AJ

Alakefic J

gizzblue.bsky.social

Smoke all you want, just hand your driving license in.

PE

Parody Elon Musk🚀💰

elonalternative.bsky.social

So long as I don't do it

J

Jeannie

jkchris.bsky.social

👍

Z

Zet

zetm.bsky.social

OR here - DO IT.... Feel sorry for those Americans in other states where the Red Ignorance blooms.....

M

Michael

guardian-of-light.bsky.social

Sure...so long as no one has to smell the stench.

JT

Jon The Resister 💙💙💙

fuhgeddabouit2025.bsky.social

Either light up or leave me alone 

NL

Neurobiólogo

jmenezes.bsky.social

Yes

AQ

tkrause.bsky.social

Maybe that’s why Canada is a more peaceful nation 🤷🏻‍♂️

AQ

tkrause.bsky.social

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

AL

Alik lortnoc

bejesus0.bsky.social

Yes, I feel we can close the social psychology essays and move forward. Far less incident rates in long term. Every health factor considered.

T

TheBullfessor

korkemestader.bsky.social

Short answer, yes.

AS

Alan Sochan

alan-sochan.bsky.social

it pretty much is in Canada

SS

Schrodinger's Leftist (he/they)

schrodingersleft.bsky.social

I don’t get 2nd hand drunk. So if you’re not going to share, keep it to yourself.

AQ

ctgram.bsky.social

Yes!!!

SS

Scary Science Guy

scaryscienceguy.bsky.social

It's much more cost effective nowadays.

CC

Canadian Club fan 🥃

sinatradaniels.bsky.social

If you’re in a beer hall you won’t absorb beer like you would pot or cigarette smoke. I don’t mind but some people do.

AT

Austistic Tranmsgemdner

fibrocripple.bsky.social

Y'all are missing out, here on the west coast we got weed bars. <3

D

defiantoneks

defiantoneks.bsky.social

i have no problem with people using weed. i would, however, have a problem with someone smoking it in public. just like i dont wanna be near someone smoking a cig. that's my only issue. if you can smoke and not be any more impaired than you would if you had a beer, by all means light one up.

SC

Sean Cielo

seancielo.bsky.social

Fun Fact: Ethanol remains a Grade 1 carcinogen and there is no safe or healthy level of consumption. It adversely affects all bodily systems, not just the liver.

LM

loren McNamara

iamjustabud.bsky.social

a stoner is safer than a drunk. every time. please, I know. I'm 80.

CM

Catherine Mulcahey

cathmulc.bsky.social

All you have to do is get the political contributions from folks who sell weed to match the money the alcohol companies give.

AQ

nancybern18.bsky.social

Fine if you can stand the smell and don’t drive - Uber!

AQ

davetheresurrector.bsky.social

Someone should be able to walk into a 7-11 and buy a pack of Bay Golds.

AQ

two12green.bsky.social

Smoke in your lungs is still smoke. But then I don't like being in a room full of drunks either.

GP

GramaConnie 🟥🍁🟥🐝🌲 Proud Albertan/Canadian

connieskp.bsky.social

Yes. Alcohol wrecks your health, weed not so much.

KB

Khr5@bsky.com

khr5.bsky.social

I agree with you completely, hanging out with the stoners is so much better

B

bluesmaster

bluesmaster.bsky.social

George Carlin: "...then...grass swept the neighborhood...and gang fighting...went away..."

S

stevethdemocrat

stevethdemocrat.bsky.social

Absolutely.

Y

Yvonne

energyis.bsky.social

HELLA YES!

༺• 𝖣𝖮𝖬𝖥𝖠𝖳𝖧𝖤𝖱 •༻

v0ice0fkings.bsky.social

It is where I live, maybe even more than beer.

AQ

kcheyne.bsky.social

None of my stoner friends ever called at 3 am to get bailed out.

A

AmericanCanuck

americoncanuck.bsky.social

Coming at you from experience in child welfare... Very few situations where the pot was a significant issue in terms of child safety, and lots of families where I REALLY, REALLY wished they would switch from booze to pot. Just no comparison in terms of violence and abuse.

C

Cinders

suzannedspain.bsky.social

As long as you don't blow MJ smoke my way. I take a MJ gummy every night to help me sleep.

AQ

mecha-sheep.bsky.social

My cousin was killed by a woman who was driving while high.

S

Sam

sammy7nil.bsky.social

The smell is everywhere it stinks. Imagine sitting in a room full of smelly stoners. Not for me thanks 😂

M

MickS

mickstec.bsky.social

When i see the kick back from all those who are saying that people are being hospitalised and those people aren't talking about the 3 million people dying from Alcoholism globally per year, when Cannabis interrupts alcoholism and has never killed a person, doesn't cause insanity and is a medicine!

G

GayGuy

thethew.bsky.social

I did security at concert venues for a while and the training told us directly that we shouldn't really be concerned about the people with marijuana because they were nonviolent and that we should be watching for the drunks

PB

Pamela Brown

pjbseattle.bsky.social

It’s far more acceptable to me now; your mileage may vary.

S

StaticSpud

staticspud.bsky.social

5 stoners start a band, none play instruments.

AP

Auntie Po'kchop

auntiepokchop.bsky.social

An alcoholic will flip out, change their personality & beat up a person out of anger. A stoner will flip over cushions to find change & order a pizza out of hunger. They have never been the same.

AQ

girlwalkindog.bsky.social

NO! It STINKS!!!

AQ

clashctyrkr.bsky.social

I dunno I hate getting on public transportation and being chemically assaulted by a shit heads cologne, or perfume. From that prospective, I can get why it's offensive. I'll also say I'd rather smell pot than some fucking shit from a perfume conglomerate.

KC

Kitty Courts

11rc.bsky.social

Stoners better company and more entertaining

AQ

nomeka.bsky.social

Booze industry push on republicans to save their business Cool improvement for audiophiles 😁

CM

Claudia Montague Wheatley

claudiamw.bsky.social

5 stoners will talk all night about starting a band. Then they'll go to the diner for the Triple Bypass Breakfast Special, and go home to sleep it off.

I

IbeCroneNin

ibecronin.bsky.social

Yes

A

Airdriel

airdriel.bsky.social

One problem, many of us are allergic to second hand smoke. So smoking at parties and in public can be a huge issue. But pot should be legal and all criminal records for it should be purged and people let out of jail.

RR

Rick 'Rocket' Rose

musicisrick.bsky.social

Since we legalized pot here in AZ it now appears to be mandatory to smoke it everywhere; driving, walking, front porchj back alley, on the bus, baseball games and even churches. I quit the stuff 40 years ago and now I can't get away from it. Still, its better than booze.

AQ

shawnharvey.bsky.social

Come to Canada....it is already.

AA

Animal Advocate

mompat.bsky.social

I'm all for THC, but smoking stinks.

AQ

mswifty.bsky.social

I used to drink, and I had a whole group of friends who drank too.i had fun but as we got older, I found I didn't like what alcohol did to me. I stopped drinking, then when I got together with those friends still drinking, I just didn't enjoy watching a bunch of drama & drunks. Now I'm a pothead 😁

MT

Monetize the Eschaton

ligernull.bsky.social

You mean it's not already?

AM

Auntie Mame 🇺🇦☮️🇬🇱 🇬🇪

auntiemamelives.bsky.social

The only reason it wasn't was racism, so yes

AM

Amy Myszko💙🦋

amyathene.bsky.social

Alcohol shouldn’t be so socially acceptable tbh.

BW

Bill Wong

ten24get.bsky.social

It is in my circles. In fact, Marijuana is preferred. There are violent drunks but no violent Gummy Takers

S

Soulshine07631

soulshine01801.bsky.social

Girls don't get date raped when they're baked. However, they do if they're drunk or get roofied.

CR

Cybert Ruck

baggyblue.bsky.social

My only critique is edibles instead of smoking it(at least in or near public spaces). The smell smoking it creates is “1000” times worse than cigarettes. I support the use of 420 & cigarettes, and the right to smoke it somewhere my senses don’t get assaulted by it.

J

JOSalinger

josalinger.bsky.social

I was a public defender for 8 years. Only marijuana related offenses I ever saw were possession, possession with intent to distribute and distribution. I handled felonies - all violence was other drugs, alcohol, or just psychopaths.

R

RegimeHater

jpuente1860.bsky.social

Of course!

MU

Ms Underestimated

onedayyoudie.bsky.social

Yes, if you’re willing to accept a drug that causes violence and death through stupidity (alcohol) then you can accept one that just makes people slow down and ask stupid questions (marijuana)

CR

Christine Rios

stinarios.bsky.social

Alcohol smells worse than pot. That beautiful plant has such a sweet aroma. Alcohol smells like shit, tastes like shit, and makes you feel like shit after! Not pot!!!

CX

Cool Xenu 8647

coolxenu.bsky.social

But the five stoners are gonna fight about the name of the band.

S

SoFlaGazpachoPolice

krlcomm.bsky.social

Hell yes it should be!

AQ

lisac1.bsky.social

@vikesfan47.bsky.social

AQ

wysiwyg94.bsky.social

Beer doesn't smell like someone has set fire to dog shit though. I'll take the beer.

S

SirNYC

sirnyc.bsky.social

Okay, beer is restricted to adults 21+. Marijuana would be too.

D

Drauder 🇨🇦🐈

drauder.bsky.social

More so. Alcohol is far more destructive to society.

LC

Love Canada, Hate the pedophile felon

kelleyfromespo.bsky.social

5 stoners will fall asleep 😂

M

MARIE

marie290.bsky.social

It kind of is here in Northern Illinois. Nobody cares...

U

Umbrios🌳🤍💜 🦓

umbrios.bsky.social

It should be as acceptable as smoking tobacco , for the same reasons. Unless it's edibles, than it goes in the licorice bonboms category.

DT

Dave the Atheist

davetheatheist.bsky.social

Here in Colorado our pot pies are made with real pot. And the world has not ended.

SU

Sarcasmo Ultra BLAM!

sarcasmoultrablam.bsky.social

It already is, in my circle of friends.

CK

Chris K

ck0351.bsky.social

In theory at least, drunks know not to drive. People who are stoned think that they are perfectly capable of driving, so not yet.

S

sptholpl

mudpiesarefun.bsky.social

Pot should be legal with certain restrictions but like cigerettes pot smoke is not something that everyone wants to breath. It stinks, and it can make people sick. If you want to smoke dope smoke it at home where you are hopefully only affecting you, your lungs, your bronchial tubes, and nose.

AQ

obieanne1961.bsky.social

When I partake, I become a genius and want to solve the problems of the World.

AQ

mooluna.bsky.social

Yes

AD

Avadi 🌀(DebraLittle)

avadi.bsky.social

I find all the comments funny but then I had a really good pot brownie with my tea. I am in Canada and grow my own for my own use. It really helps my arthritis and some inflammation from autoimmune diseases. I can’t drink alcohol and I don’t smoke. I use oils or bud baked in my brownies.

AQ

1stomlins.bsky.social

Free that shit

AQ

desertroseaz.bsky.social

Absolutely.

R

Russell

immortalsofar.bsky.social

Marijuana should be MORE socially acceptable. Drunks pick fights, beat their partners and puke in your back seat. People who get high eat all your snacks while spending hours trying to figure out the difference between a moth and a butterfly.

AT

Andy & Thunder 🇨🇦

andyguyette.bsky.social

Been legal in Canada for almost 10 years, and we have not imploded, so there's that

J

JonSam

jonsam1961b.bsky.social

back in the 70's my high school class had 700 people. Undercover cop determined that only 10 of those folks DID NOT smoke weed. I was a bit of a jock. Jock rules - you had to have a brawl with the rival team before or after. But everyone was so mellow from the weed, that never happened.

DL

db ll

bowiefan8.bsky.social

We could have "real" happy hours!

LA

Lola and Pack 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🦋🐾 Good vs. Evil folks! That’s where we are!

lolasexplorations.bsky.social

I was raised with alcoholic parents! If they would have smoked instead they would have lived longer, not abused their kids and each other, and had such a better life! Experience on both sides here. No comparison; alcohol is a poison that ruins lives! Literally!! THC is a medicine! Educate yourself!

LA

Lola and Pack 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🦋🐾 Good vs. Evil folks! That’s where we are!

lolasexplorations.bsky.social

I know millionaires smoking it at home and detesting it in public and politically; amazingly hypocritical! The stuff is a medicine for Gods sake! Put me on the road with all stoners against just one drunk any day!!! No comparison! Haven’t tried it? Then sit tF down!! Educate yourself before speaking

FB

Flares Brian. CEO of We❤️Cats

flaresbrian.bsky.social

Then it all falls apart, you get into smack, then the drummer dies. You get another one but it’s just not the same, there’s an acrimonious split and your robbing manager has it away with all your money. The drunks go out get drunk and have another fight, totally unaware of your very existence.

AQ

bgt0990.bsky.social

Why should drinking alcohol be socially acceptable?

LL

Laura Lee

lauraleeta.bsky.social

Yes!!

E

Edwould

nyr40x94.bsky.social

A drunk driver will kill someone or the self. A stoned driver will hold up the Taco Bell drive thru.

MN

Mysterious Noodle

hermeticseal.bsky.social

Yes, except for smokeables which stink up the place.

LR

Lashley Ray🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱💪

justlash.bsky.social

Canadian here and I approve this message. As the old folks say; ✌️ ❤️ 🌿

AQ

yimmysue.bsky.social

Well, being as alcohol has been designated as ''the new cancer''.....

HP

Horus Paine

horuspaine.bsky.social

More so. Pot helps make a path to peace.

C

CHRiStory

thisischristory.bsky.social

More socially acceptable