Smoking marijuana can be pungent, often more pungent then tobacco. That’s a fact, though many of the quality cultivars are far less smelly and harsh then the low-quality street marijuana that was common before the legalization in many states. Marijuana isn’t as skunky and nasty as it was when it was illegal.
That said, smell of marijuana is many ways socially defined. Most marijuana smokers aren’t the least bit bothered by the smell of the smoke passing by somebody smoking it in their backyard or door stoop. If anything, they will have positive associations with the smoke, noting the unique flavor signature from the turbentines. Same is true with tobacco smokers, especially those who smoke quality tobacco.
This is not unlike many ordinary smells that people have different associations of such as so-called “dairy air” – – the rich smell of grain, hay, silage and manure. City kids might be grossed out by the smell, but farm kids are likely to embrace the rich-earthy tones of the recently harvested silage. Dairy air is associated with happy cows, land that is providing, and ultimately paychecks. As they say, manure, the smell of money.
Ultimately there is no role in the federal government to worry about the smell of marijuana burning unless it’s a large industrial facility who smoke is impacting multiple states. Cities and towns are the best place to regulate such things, though the most reasonable policy is to allow the smoking of marijuana anywhere tobacco can be smoked. Obviously, you still want to protect children’s and worker’s lungs, so towns and cities want to restrict smoking indoors, in hospitals and schools. But in open air settings, such as designated smoking locations and large parks and public spaces, there is little harm to permitting smoking.
and I did get out and do a lot of good adventures. It seems hard to believe that Labor Day has come and gone, though I was reminded of that driving past Sacanadaga Campground 🛻 on my way back home on Sunday afternoon. Closed for the season the sign says. I might stop by there this autumn, and ride around the campground on my mountain bike 🚵 to see what it’s like off-season. It’s pretty crowded as most campgrounds and right off NY 30, so I’d rather wilderness camp 🏕️ then ever spend time there.
so I am sure the traffic will be back for the morning commute, 
though hopefully by riding my bike to work I can avoid the worse of that. But I really hate the delays on 787, though in recent years they aren’t what they once were with so many state employees remote working a few days a week. I don’t blame them, and indeed I plan to remote work a fair bit this autumn, including not this Friday but probably the following Friday, probably from Renselearville State Forest. Haven’t camped here since April, as I prefer the Adirondacks in the summer months. 
No camping this weekend, the weather looks crappy and I need a break.
Maybe because I don’t eat packaged food much these days, every time I go out to my folks house all the food they have there is so greasy. I guess it’s what I grew up on and it’s what a lot of people eat these days, but it’s gross. 
That said, certainly not my choice. But its good to see them as I know it won’t be all that longer.
of my apartment to at least slow that leak. Of honestly find a better place to live. But I don’t care, I keep the heat low and it’s probably the cheapest place to live for now even if it’s not exactly energy efficent. I do wish I had a woodstove, and indeed that is something top of mind when I own my own land.