Driving under the influence of drugs

[Accy cyclist]

Can anybody give a reasonable idea what it smells like. I have been in the presence of smokers but at least 30 years ago so cannot really remember. Bit difficult I know. Anything like burnt tea leaves for example?

To me it smells a bit like when a male cat's been spraying pee. Though i obviously don't like cat pee smells, the weed smell is quite nice. Some would say it has a citrus smell.like lemons or limes.

 

[Jody]

Can anybody give a reasonable idea what it smells like. I have been in the presence of smokers but at least 30 years ago so cannot really remember. Bit difficult I know. Anything like burnt tea leaves for example?

Sickly sweet smell. Its very unique but can smell different depending on it being grown (wet), dry and ready for consupmtion or different again during consumption.

 

[vickster]

I actually like the smell

 

[r04DiE]

More shocking is the number of people on here that can readily and expertly identify the smell of dope. Junkies.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I actually like the smell

I reckon you have a plant or two in your house.

 

[Accy cyclist]

More shocking is the number of people on here that can readily and expertly identify the smell of dope. Junkies.

I can detect the smell, after cleaning windows for years. I climbed my ladder once to find about 50 plants growing in a bedroom. The smell coming out that window was enough to make you .

 

[clippetydoodah]

It's very common indeed. Arrived home after a short bike ride last night. The neighbours window
was open, it stank of weed. An hour or so later he shot off out in the car no lights on. Divvy.

On another note, on my way to work I sometimes get stuck behind a guy smoking weed while
cycling. I don't want a toke, I a want a tow.

 

[Drago]

Waking to the shop in our village a while back I came across a young fellow smoking it brazenly in the street. I told him I don't care what he does inside his house, but if I find him doing it again in the street I'd stick it so far up his bottom he'd forever have herbal farts. He looked like he might want to ague the point (if I'm honest I was hoping he'd try and thump me), but sadly the weed seems to have eroded any spark of backbone he may have had. Not seen him since.

The public are too accepting of it (probably because a noteworthy percentage of them are at it) and we shouldn't be afraid to challenge behaviour like that.

 

[Jody]

The public are too accepting of it (probably because a noteworthy percentage of them are at it) and we shouldn't be afraid to challenge behaviour like that.

Because its not as much of a problem to society as people percieve and people are finally realising it. Yet we regularly accept the ills of alchohol without calling for it to be banned.

 

[Drago]

Drug driving isn't a problem? How so.

Alcohol etc are problems, and I wouldn't dispute it, but that's a different matter entirely.

 

[Jody]

Drug driving isn't a problem? How so.

Apologies. Drug and drink driving is a problem but I was on about the hysteria surrounding people smoking weed in general. Your previous post was about some youth on the street not in a car.

 

[JoshM]

Apologies. Drug and drink driving is a problem but I was on about the hysteria surrounding people smoking weed in general. Your previous post was about some youth on the street not in a car.

My thoughts too. What harm to anyone else was the youth smoking a joint doing? It's personally not my thing, but I can't remember being harassed in the street by a stoner, drunk people however... I'm probably a bit biased, but despite no longer smoking or drinking, I believe that weed is less of a societal ill than drink.

 

[Jody]

My thoughts too. What harm to anyone else was the youth smoking a joint doing?

Moral high ground. Confront youth as he is doing wrong, tell him to stop or else, hope he takes the or else and then kick his head in because he is a druggie.

 

[Drago]

What was he doing wrong? Let me think now. How about...

1) Breaking the law.

2) Doing it in public with no attempt at modesty or concealment.

3) Doing it in front of law abiding citizens who see and smell it, which is not only is it a poor example to set to children (of which there were several thereabouts), but it's a bare face pith take of the rule of law and societal decency to do so, and as a recently retired copper I find that doubly offensive.

Moral high ground didn't come into it - as aforementioned, I told him I couldn't care less what he did at home.

I missed the bit where I threatened to kick his head in - perhaps you could stick to commenting upon that which I actually did say, which was words to the effect of "if you don't put that out right this second I'll shove it so far up your arriss you'll be farting herbal love puffs for the rest of your life". I could see him pause for the moment as he considered alternative courses of action other than immediate compliance, and then he did indeed stub it out.

I was actually hoping he'd thump me - a little pipsqueak like that wasn't going to do any damage, and it would've doubled the trouble he was in if I'd summoned the dibble.

You accuse me of occupying the moral high ground, which seeing as he was breaking the law and I was not I would have been quite comfortable occupying, while simultaneously attributing words to me which I did not speak - how does that work?

Please explain.

If people want to break the law, fine. They can smoke dope, drink moonshine, sacrifice virgins to Lucifer in the privacy of their own home and I really couldn't care less. I'm not naive enough to think I can change the whole World, However, do not expect me to stand by and say nothing when someone is openly, blatantly, almost casually breaking the law in public within 3 metres of me. And why should I say nothing?

 

[Jody]

And why should I say nothing?

Lets not be coy. You were hoping for confrontation. Especially as you wanted to shove it so far up his arse he was going to fart smoke. You threatened him because you percieved it was your duty to stand up to him. It may be an assumption but you had no need for confrontation and it wasn't your place to say something to him let alone threaten him. He could have carried on and there would have been nothing you could do about it without the tables being turned on you.

If you have a problem ring the dibble and get them to do something about it.

Maybe a simple request of not doing that would have surficed.