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California cities start to slowly embrace marijuana lounges
Visit West Hollywood, a tourism agency, has a website that touts the citys shopping on Santa Monica Boulevard and its nightlife on the Sunset Strip and its five licensed cannabis stores.
In January, West Hollywood drew headlines for being the first city in Los Angeles County to let shops sell marijuana to anyone 21 and older with just an ID. Now, WeHo is poised to make headlines again as perhaps the first city in Southern California and one of just a handful in the United States to allow cannabis lounges.
Having a space that allows for the safe and legal consumption of the products, that was just really important for our city, said Jackie Rocco, who oversees the program as West Hollywoods manager of business development.
When Californians voted to legalize recreational marijuana in 2016 under Proposition 64, they approved a ban on all public consumption and gave landlords the right to regulate marijuana use on private property.
That leaves tourists with few options. Most hotels aside from rare bud and breakfast resorts that cater to enthusiasts will fine anyone caught smoking anything in their rooms.
It also limits cannabis consumption options for up to half of all California residents, since landlords can bar tenants from consuming marijuana in any form in rental units. Plus residents can get booted from federally subsidized housing if theyre caught smoking weed inside.
More at:
http://www.thecannifornian.com/cannabis-business/retail/california-cities-start-slowly-embrace-marijuana-lounges/
msongs
(67,199 posts)use
Bucky
(53,805 posts)They were all smokey and skeezy in there. Potheads all edging each other over toward more intense buzzes.
Maybe they're not all like that, but in my experience pot lounges are the frat house boost parties of the marijuana culture. Having an after-dinner toke option at a nice restaurant or club seems like a better tourist draw than lounges designed specifically to promote consumption of weed.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Vaping, anyone? Edibles?
Same questions.
As for a room where a bunch of strangers can congregate to get stoned, sounds like a good way to harsh one's mellow.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)I've never tried weed. However, as a hotel guest, I prefer that my room has not been smoked in (weed, cigarettes, etc) before. The smell lingers.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...that prior to marijuana becoming legal anywhere, smoking was banned pretty much everywhere.
It's like a cruel prank on marijuana smokers.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Pro-tip: Never stay at a hotel that doesn't have balconies, and always book a balcony room.