Socially acceptable Christmas alcohol but weed is not ok?

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Just that I find it mad that alcohol is socially acceptable especially at Christmas, around kids, morning or middle of the day, all day, all normal. Despite it being a poison, a personality changer, a catalyst for fights, memory loss etc. There’s never been a study to support its use medicinally, with the exception of red wine in moderation.

But it’s not socially acceptable to get a little high on weed? Which does have many studies demonstrating its efficacy in treating a whole host of problems.

It’s mad IMO.

Weed stinks and is dangerous for other people. Would you smoke a ciggie around kids?

Weed smells bloody awful and lingers on clothes, hair, furniture. Totally anti-social to inflict that on others.

One is legal and doesn’t smell. The other isn’t.

I agree about the alcohol, i despise it and it's so normalised it's mad.

Been teetotal since I was 19, it's vile and everything about it is negative. Can't understand why people love it so much.

I thought cannabis (the CBD oil from the plant) was only beneficial to health when eaten and not smoked?

It's the smell I hate. It can be so strong.

and you say not socially acceptable- the smell is everywhere, so it very much suggests it is commonplace.

This.

Plus of course in lots of houses alcohol at 9am or whenever also isn't socially acceptable and neither is any drinking to excess.

Alcohol is legal but shouldn't be. How many deaths per year are alcohol related? I know 2 people killed by drunk drivers also. It's vile. People who condone it and make excuses for it, tell me everything I need to know about that person 🤷‍♀️

Because you can't get passively drunk?

Also, rightly or wrongly I would say a lot of people associate daytime smoking with the underclass so hardly aspirational.

ETA that obviously there's drinking and then there's drinking

I don't drink and dislike the effect alcohol has on other people. I also hate smoking of any kind. But, starting this afternoon, I will enhance my Christmas with some light, homemade cannabis edibles, which will have no adverse effect on anyone.

The smell of booze does not linger the way the stench of weed does. YABU.

Alcohol does smell. It stinks, and people who have been drinking smell too.

I think that its the smell 😄

Its awful and discriminatory that the smell is associated with classlessness tbh

Someone doing a line or a brownie would be more acceptable, maybe bake brownies (😉) instead??

Sounds perfect, I may well join you!

I hope your edibles are lovely. It takes a while for the effects to hit when eating so go steady. Trouble with edibles is they give you the munchies and then you eat more and then is goodnight for a damn fine sleep.

I haven’t smoked in over a decade, and have serious air filters in every room so the vape doesn’t linger. It’s a much nicer smell than dogs, and I have one of those too.

Neither is okay in my book. A small drink around kids, fine, but no-one should be overindulging in front of kids. Smoking anything around children is also bad, and I wouldn't want to encourage children to think weed is a good idea, because for so many people it really, really isn't.

Doing a line? Cocaine has secondary effects too. It makes you into a massive cunt if you're around people not on it.

Because smoking around kids full stop isn't socially accepted? Because drugs including weed are illegal? Because if you're smoking weed around your kids then they're breathing it in too and are going to stink of it? Because people should be able to get through the day - any day with kids - without getting high OR drunk. If you can't manage that then you're not mature enough to have kids as far as I'm concerned.

Be present. Spend the day playing with your kids instead of feeling sorry for yourself that it's not socially acceptable to get high around them. Honestly.

What do you mean? If you mean anyone who drinks alcohol 'condones' (condones what?) it tells you 'all you need to know' then you are completely and irrationally projecting. Having a couple of glasses of wine over Christmas or the occasional drink to celebrate isn't condoning death by alcohol for Christmas sake. Give your head a small wobble.

From Google AI:

No, it's not considered safe to vape around children, even with an air filter, because vape aerosol contains harmful chemicals (nicotine, ultrafine particles, heavy metals) that affect developing lungs, and current research doesn't know the long-term effects, so experts advise avoiding it completely indoors and near kids. Air purifiers help with general air quality but don't eliminate all toxins from vaping, and residues (third-hand vape) still settle on surfaces, posing risks, so best practice is to vape outdoors, far from children, and wash hands/change clothes afterward.

Give over with the 'weed is harmless' propaganda. Taken in large quantities it's not harmless at all, being under the influence and in control of a vehicle, it's not harmles either. Parents who are high aren't much cop if they're asleep or too 'chilled' to react to their children. The dangers are just the same as alcohol.

Is it really not obvious op why it’s more acceptable to have a drink around kids more than it is to smoke weed around kids?

Weed is catastrophic for mental health long term

Don’t know your circle, but though day drinking is acceptable in mine, it’s not acceptable to get inebriated all day with kids around.

😄😄 I would honestly think its more acceptable than lighting up a doobie, honestly

Not acceptable on its own, but in comparison

How many people do you know who condone and make excuses for drunk drivers?