Don't expect to be served a beer if you smell like pot in Framingham
At the last Licensing commission meeting, an alcohol dealer raised concerns over serving someone who smelled of marijuana. For many cannabis consumers who dodn't drink at all, this means little. But for those who partake or are around people who burn to consume, you may have been splashed with smoke and having it on your cloths or breath. The surprise came when the Chair told the audience that servers should air on the side of caution and not serve that patron. The Chair seems to think that if you smell like pot, you are to intoxicated to have a drink. This would apply to liquor stores I assume and is the latest in reefer madness at the local level. This kind of non sense only hurts small business. Fast forward to the near end and you will see what I'm writing about.
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posted by Jim Pillsbury @ 9:56 AM
5 Comments
5 Comments:
From what I saw, the chair was referencing when someone is intoxicated, not smelling like pot. Same goes for if someone smells like beer I would think. Doesn't mean they can't be served, only cant if they appear intoxicated.
I saw it differently than you. The speaker made reference to pot and whether or not to serve someone. And the Chair said to air on the side of caution and not serve. So.. what level of intoxication is related to someone who smells like pot? If we go with that theory of smell.. then after one beer, you would smell like you had a beer and not get served again? I think it's an over reach for a supplier of alcohol to make a judgment based solely on what someone smells like.
a further point.. I don't drink, you wont find me in a bar or brewery. I come from a long line of drunks. It was the in-thing when I was young to see my parents have a bunch of people over and all they did was drink. Both parents died of alcohol related diseases. The Indians had it right when they called alcohol, white mans poison. Alcohol is the gate-way drug and is responsible for a large part of crime here in Framingham. It kills hundreds of thousands every year, not to mention domestic violence, car accidents and addiction. And is related to a large portion of convicted people is jail than any other drug. It's killing us slowly but we all make our own choices.
If I go to CVS to pick up my scrips, will they refuse to give them to me because I smell like pot? In a court ruling here in Mass, police cannot use the smell of burnt marijuana as a reason to search a vehicle.
Good point about the court findings on not being able to use the smell as a reason to search. I could smell like pot because I was with my dying mother who smokes to help with nauseau. There has to be a better way to handle this than denying people who smell like pot the right to order a drink. Besides which, to enhance a point Jim sort of made, people who smoke pot usually are not drinkers, so how often is this even going to be an issue?
It may not be a big issue with patrons, they'll just go somewhere else. I was at a store that sells beer and wine a few weeks ago and someone was buying a six pack and smelled like pot. After the patron bought the beer and left, the store clerk asked me, "did you smell that"? I said sure did but who cares, it's a free country. He agreed.
The case for consuming cannabis for any reason is best when you vaporize it or eat it.. No smell at all and no one is the wiser.
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