Listen Up: It's Time to Legalize Cannabis Lounges
Using cannabis with your friends is safer and more desirable than solo use, yet modern legalization offers no public bars for weed smokers.
It’s time to legalize weed lounges, says Cannabis Now magazine content editor Ellen Holland, who delves into the issue in a new perspective piece for popular, influential San Francisco podcast, The Hash, Wednesday.
Legalization in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Washington DC did not include the rights to assemble in public and enjoy the herb.
Yet expert journalist Holland notes that “smoking cannabis with others is actually less harmful than being holed in your hotel room on a bad trip.”
The Brookings Institute has observed that bans on smoking at bars or lounges perversely incentivize unsupervised consumption.
Consequently, emergency room visits where patients have mentioned marijuana have gone up in Colorado for tourists, while staying the same for locals.
“Smoking lounges — whether open...
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