I have the reverse experience when traveling. It’s legal here but not in countries that I like to visit.
It feels weird and limited to find people smoking by the smell, and ask them for their plug.
me the first time visiting colorado in 2017
I just take pictures too because that shit is expensive.
What is the culture like in these weed shangri-las of late? Are people toking out in the open?
What is the culture like in these weed shangri-las of late? Are people toking out in the open?
Depends on the area. Some places it’s illegal to smoke in view of the public or children, etc. That doesn’t mean people are following the rules though lol.
I don’t think the culture is any different, it is treated much like alcohol. Legal but people will look down on you for being obnoxious about it in public. There was a brief period in Washington where it was legal but dispensaries were not allowed to sell to the public yet. Dealers on every corner in downtown Seattle asking every person if they want to buy some weed, and many buying out in the open. A ‘co-op’ that would deliver to you in exchange for a donation. Those were fun and interesting times but now I’d say the only difference is no one worries about the smell when they want to get high, and of course the lessened paranoia.
The only time I’ve ever seen anyone ‘toking out in the open’ aside from the random unhoused person here and there is when I was in San Francisco and there were four very old men sitting at a picnic table by the bay passing a joint around.
