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Denver becomes first US city to allow pot in bars, restaurants

ludin said:
Sure they will. When we travel for work we spend a good deal of money everywhere.
Yep I have the freedom to not have to smell your nasty joint when I am eating.

You don't get to infringe on my rights. Your rights end were mine begin.
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You realize this isn't "restaurants", you have to apply for permits to allow it in a shop and it's going to be specialty. Most restaurants will not allow pot smoking in them.

But if, instead, being absurd is the desired tactic, then by all means, sally forth.
 
ludin said:
Sure they will. When we travel for work we spend a good deal of money everywhere.
Yep I have the freedom to not have to smell your nasty joint when I am eating.

You don't get to infringe on my rights. Your rights end were mine begin.
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I'm not infringing on your rights, nor is any restaurant. You can choose to eat elsewhere and vote with your pocketbook.

It's called 'freedom'.

I'm glad both you and the restaurants have it.
 
HenryChinaski said:
Denver becomes first US city to allow pot in bars, restaurants | Fox News Good on them. Gonna have to take some PTO and head to Denver..
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Bad decision. I've smoked weed in the past, so I know first hand that a marijuana high stays with you for a while, unlike alcohol, which is pissed out of your system an ounce per hour. We have enough problems with DWI without having to also deal with a substance that is more difficult for the body to metabolize. I am all for recreational marijuana, but it should be done at home, not in public, for the reasons I have given.
 
If given the choice between allowing alcohol use in public spaces, or marijuana use in public spaces, but not both, I would opt for marijuana. Pot is much less deranging than alcohol. Alcohol is dis-inhibiting and damages physical coordination. I've never seen someone stoned who wanted to start a fight with someone else. I've seen that all the time with drunk/tipsy people.

Both alcohol and marijuana alter the user's thoughts, but they do so in very different ways. Alcohol makes a user think (as a typical example) that speeding through that light that just turned red can work. It makes at least some users lose control of their negative thought patterns and emotions, and these often manifest. Someone with good mental health on alcohol will usually be fine, but someone with mental health problems on alcohol can be a disaster.

Marijuana, on the other hand, typically leads to more intuitive thinking, which can sometimes seem disjointed or disorganized. However, emotionally, it tends to be calming. This leads to the stereotypical image of a stoner saying "dude, it's cosmic!," and then spouting some stuff that sounds vaguely like new-age nonsense. Both are unpredictable, but the most trouble a stoned person is likely to give another is cornering them into an hour-long conversation about nonsense. The wrong kind of person on alcohol can do a lot worse.
 
danarhea said:
Bad decision. I've smoked weed in the past, so I know first hand that a marijuana high stays with you for a while, unlike alcohol, which is pissed out of your system an ounce per hour. We have enough problems with DWI without having to also deal with a substance that is more difficult for the body to metabolize. I am all for recreational marijuana, but it should be done at home, not in public, for the reasons I have given.
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Then so should Alcohol, the mechanisms are the same. You can get trashed, and you'll be drunk for HOURS. Why should you be allowed to do that out of your home? Enough problems with DWI, yeah? If the issue really is DUI, then you need to speak to everything that causes that. Alcohol contributes far more greatly to overall DUI rates than anything else, and so if we're concerned with it, that's where the focus should be. If you think that pot outside the house should be banned, then all substances which alter the mind should be banned outside the house.

But of course that's ridiculous, and people who like to drink, for instance, would never call for a ban on public drinking despite the DUIs, assaults, and other crimes that are perpetuated while drunk in public. Because those people drink and don't want their ability to drink in public to be infringed upon. "Oh, but I can have a beer and be OK to drive, but someone who smokes will have to wait longer before they drive." But statistically speaking, that's not what's going on in terms of DUI because most DUI is alcohol. Though with America's prescription drug abuse problem, that metric is likely to encroach on alcohol.
 
Ikari said:
You realize this isn't "restaurants", you have to apply for permits to allow it in a shop and it's going to be specialty. Most restaurants will not allow pot smoking in them.

But if, instead, being absurd is the desired tactic, then by all means, sally forth.
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I will go by what the article says.
 
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