The one thing I am not loving in Canada is the constant smell of weed everywhere. Its like I’m back at University. Except I’m really not.

@kaa I noticed the same thing in Portland after legalization. Much more prevalent than tobacco smoke. Also, I had no idea that weed stores would become more common than coffee shops. MUCH more common.

@kaa There's an odd kind of pop-up business here (Ithaca NY) called "sticker stores." It seems that a business is not allowed to sell weed directly here, so you "buy" a sticker, then the store "gives" you a certain quantity of weed at checkout.

@kaa As a non-user who didn't hang out with users, apparently I had no clue how high the demand was. It's been almost 7 years here in Oregon, and I only see more dispensaries over time.

To be fair, I did a little map search, and there are 3 dispensaries within a 10 minute walk of where I live, vs. 7 coffee shops.

@jean @kaa As an Australian, it was a bit of a culture shock when I visited Los Angeles and weed dispensaries with very overt signage were, like, everywhere. I had visited the Netherlands in the past but I don't think their coffee shops were so in-your-face (acutally, the whole weed culture there seemed very chill, I liked it 🙂). I support legalisation on "no evidence it's really harmful" grounds, but I have to admit I don't like the smell either. Hopefully a culture will emerge over time where weed users keep it more out of the way of others (like tobacco smokers usually do these days).