The difference is you can't taste other people's alcohol but you can smell others' smoke
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People who are going to a place to smoke typically wouldn’t mind that. Take cigar or vape lounges, for instance. Also it’s usually people who don’t smoke weed who act like the smell of weed bothers them.
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You can certainly smell other people's alcohol. Most pubs reek of cheap beer
Some establishments yes, but in most places I would not smell alcohol unless someone spilled it all over the floor. It’s anyway much less compared to smoke that will stick to your clothes
Edibles might make it better. But then you'll need to give people something to do for an hour or so before it kicks in...
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Dry vaporizers (with temperature below 200C) don't have smoke so are a lot less offensive with smell, if not odorless particularly with access to fresh air.
Also people smelling of alcohol, particularly if they are drunk or drinking liquor, is definitely a thing. Also barfing. I wouldn't doubt bars having bad smells sometimes.
Yep that's the 21st Century way to party. Smoking tastes almost disgusting after making the switch.
Bars could have bar-top vape systems and you could bring your own plant materials or buy there, but you would probably have to buy a disposable nozzle for the vape systems. Each patron could use a clean disposable tip for their visit to minimize germs.
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there are THC drinks where I live, always a nice option for me to have at gatherings as a non-alcohol person.
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I went to one in Thailand. Got to borrow a bong and play billiards and Uno and stuff, it was a real nice and comfortable little place
Lol, they'd have the busiest kitchen in town.
I've always thought this too. It's so crazy how acceptable alcohol use is compared to cannabis use when it comes to socializing for things like work.
California has a few of these and they’re awesome! Ive seen them in Humboldt county and LA
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A bar near me has a few cocktails that use 5mg delta9 THC instead of alcohol.
All of their alcoholic drinks can also be upgraded with 5mg thc for a few bucks more.
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More friendly environment w/dry vaporizers (bag, whip, or portable/extract) so there's no smoke (and note the lack of lasting/scented steam clouds that people hate about flavored vape pens). Also edibles and the like... but that just time-delay dosed food.
I would say that drinking is a longer/more gradual experience so has more reason for a dedicated space. Though I guess the passable options that I mentioned could draw the experience out, but I've never done that so I'm not sure what that's like compared to one-and-done/hanging-out-when-high.
(though as others have said, it is a thing)
The issue is that a lot of people that smoke weed in place would reak. I don't think many people would enjoy the smell
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They've got this in Amsterdam but I would say it's less accessible than bars/alcohol generally due to how polluted the air gets (despite the best efforts of filtration)
Im every large city in the Netherlands btw.
That’s already a reality in some places. San Francisco, New York, and Amsterdam are some examples.
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I like to get and be high alone though
There are some board game cafes in the states. And some of those overlap with legal weed :) but smoking indoors in public is still a no-go
I'm tired of these people that are so scared of cannabis and it's effects, like they are straight out of reefer madness. You know what's significantly more harmful and in practically everything you consume these days? Sugar. Caffeine is a close second.
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There are a number of coffee shops exactly like that in Cape Town
Speaking as a smoker: it's a great idea until someone manages to start a fire (or deliberately sets one.) Also smoky interiors get uncleanably grimy FAST.
Its hard to justify it for the same reasons we can't have Shisha bars and smoking lounges (at least where I live): 2nd hand smoke.
I can, as a non drinker, go to a bar and have myself a soda, and leave there as sober as when I walked in. If I do that in a room where everyone is smoking up, I will get high from the second hand smoke whether I want to for not.
I mean, why not just have a general social club with coffee/food, games, etc, and just step outside for a puff?
Cannabis can be edible and here in Milwaukee we're already seeing farm bill delta9 show up in bars and restaurants.
The smoke issue has been solved. I've been to cigar lounges that do not smell outside and barely smell inside, despite over a dozen people smoking sotgies in there. Massive HVAC systems and filters handle it all.
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I do hope it becomes more socially acceptable to be high in places you can be drunk, but I think the smoking aspect is always going to be an obstacle.
These exist in some parts of California and Las Vegas. The ones in Vegas were all open within the last year or two AFAIK.
For the ones complaining of smell, Ill take the weed perfume over vomit dipped alcoholics any day.
There have been a few private clubs in Colorado that allow this. It tends to be bring-your-own but you can smoke and do whatever once inside after buying a membership. Apparently they’re opening more official places called consumption lounges - one is opening on Colfax in Denver soon, apparently.
I hadn't heard about that, looks like they're just waiting to get the ventilation/HVAC approved. Might have to a check Cirrus out when they open.
Apparently the "Coffee Joint" was able to open and allow dabbing and electronic vaping inside without needing to meet the same HVAC requirements.
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As others have said, they exist mostly as coffee shops. Honestly, with the prevalence and near ubiquity of Delta 8 across USA now, I would have thought someone would have put the effort into making coffee shops. I have no idea why they haven't gotten around to it yet. I found one that was a coffee shop that had delta 8 for sale, but not as a single product and they wouldn't let me eat it in store...
This is a great way to make a 30 minute game into a two hour game. Source: years and years of trying it.
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