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Dear cannabis users;

I get it, OK? You like cannabis. You have the right to like it and - in my personal opinion - to use it if you so wish. As drugs go, it is (mostly) harmless; the equivalent (again, to most people) of enjoying a glass or two of wine with your meal or of an evening, and the government is beginning to show signs of agreeing with that thought by reassigning its use in criminal law from a high 'class' to a lower one (and then re-classifying it again to a still lower one).

However, with that in mind, I would be terribly grateful, cannabis users, if you would do me and those like me a favour, and STOP SMOKING IT IN THE STREETS.
     Really. Please.
     Not everybody likes it. Not everybody finds it harmless. For a small faction of the public it is in fact incredibly harmful indeed. And for a larger faction, like me, while it may not be 'harmful', as such, it is bad smelling and nausea inducing.
     So seriously, just STOP. I'm not telling you that you shouldn't/can't use it. I don't - nor do I feel the government should - have the right to tell you that. All I am asking for is a little consideration for the other people you share public spaces with. You can take it all you want; until it comes out of your ears. We just don't want to breathe it in at the same time. For those of us with lung problems, cigarettes are bad enough, but at least cigarettes don't have the added effect of making us want to vomit every time the scent hits our nostrils (or at least it doesn't for me).

So really, seriously, pretty please with a cherry on top: if you have to smoke it?
     SMOKE IT AT HOME.

Thank you kindly.

Yours,
     The girl that wishes to be able to breathe unhindered when she steps outside.