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What�s That Smell in The Air?
Posted by CN Staff on July 04, 2017 at 20:07:02 PT
By Beth Teitell, Globe Staff 
Source: Boston Globe
Massachusetts -- Bonnie Sashin smelled it wafting on State Street. Cathy Kleinbart gets a daily whiff on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall. Asya Partan encountered it while waiting to cross the BU Bridge. �A couple of guys opened a window and a cloud blew out,� she said.Samantha Shapiro�s children smell it so often that her 9-year-old recently posed a question: �Why are there so many more skunks around?� Sorry, kid, it�s not skunks.
As surely as Boston�s rising glass towers are changing the city�s look, marijuana smokers emboldened by the drug�s new legal status are altering the scentscape.Despite all the discussion and lobbying ahead of last November�s ballot question to legalize recreational marijuana, the stinky problem of second-hand toking never seemed to be a big part of the conversation. But it�s turning out to be a meaningful factor, as people smoke in public (even though that is not allowed) and in their apartments or condos (which is sometimes allowed and sometimes not).�I�ve had seniors come by and say they smell pot outside, in parks and on the streets, and I smell it, too,� said Representative Russell E. Holmes, a Democrat whose district includes Mattapan, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Roslindale and parts of Jamaica Plain.�I�ve had people in rental properties who are very upset because strong pot smells are coming through the vents and the heaters,� Holmes added. He voted against pot legalization.Cannabis, it seems, may be joining Greater Boston�s roster of iconic smells, both those still with us (sausages sizzling outside of Fenway Park, Lynn beach at low tide, the weird smell emanating from the Downtown Crossing T entrance) and those that live on in olfactory memory (the Baker Chocolate factory in Lower Mills, Buzzy�s Roast Beef after the bars closed).Weed has long been part of Greater Boston�s bouquet, of course � the poster scent for Allston or Harvard Square or Boston Common. But in those areas you expect it. These days, the smell often catches you by surprise � on the Minuteman Bikeway at 8:30 a.m. on a Sunday? Really? � and transports you.But to where?Steve Sweeney, the Charlestown-bred comedian, says the pungent smell takes him back to a time when he was drifting.�I was pondering weathervanes and the color of blue and laughing at my shoes and eating Fritos,� he said. Today, he added, the smell feels like �an invasion of space. It�s right up there with listening to someone�s conversation on their cellphone.�Hard as it may be to imagine, as the use of medical marijuana grows, pot�s smell won�t always remind people of their youth or concerts gone by.�If your grandmother has cancer and is prescribed medical marijuana, you may come to associate the smell with her,� said Allison Shipp, an account manager at Air Aroma, a scent marketing agency that has designed fragrances for hotels, retailers � and the medical marijuana industry.A West Hollywood dispensary eager to lighten the scent of its own product hired Air Aroma for help with smell management. Air Aroma pumped �Orange Fields� fragrance through the offices, with the idea of �complementing� but �not overpowering� the pot, Shipp said. �Smelling the product is often an important part of making the sale.�When it comes to the senses, sight and hearing hog the attention, but smell plays a crucial role, said Danielle Legros Georges, Boston�s poet laureate and a professor at Lesley University.�Smells help locate us in space and time,� she said. �Think of an outdoor barbecue after the grass has been cut. Or garbage day during the summer. The smells give us information. They help trigger memory.�As pot works its way further into mainstream society, its distinct odor is likely to become more of an issue, in businesses, housing, and schools.The drug�s illegal status federally, for example, makes it difficult for marijuana dispensaries to access traditional banking services, meaning some deal only in cash � which, of course, smells like marijuana, which banks don�t want.That drives some businesses to get creative in odor mitigation. Taylor West, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, has heard of companies running cash through a dryer with a sheet of fabric softener or spraying individual bills with Febreze.But, she said, �a state-licensed, responsible cannabis business owner shouldn�t have to stress about their revenue carrying a hint of product smell, any more than Sam Adams should worry that their cash smells like hops.�In Colorado, where recreational pot has been legal for five years, a Colorado Springs school administrator told the Globe he now smells it all the time at work.Parents regularly come to school reeking of pot, said the administrator, Chris Kilroy. �It�s so commonplace, it doesn�t raise a red flag.�Kids arrive stinking, too, he said. Some have been smoking, he said (which would not be legal for anyone under 21). �But sometimes their parents were getting high on the way to school, so the kid just smells like it.�Back in Boston, the question is: How much smellier is the city getting? No one keeps olfactory statistics, and the Boston Police Department has received few if any odor-related complaints, according to Lieutenant Michael McCarthy.With a lack of hard numbers � and crucial public opinion at stake � a spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project a Washington, D.C.-based pro-legalization group, made a point to say that he was in Boston 15 years ago and smelled pot back then.�You have people who dislike marijuana saying it�s smelling more, and people who don�t dislike it say it�s no different than it�s ever been,� said Mason Tvert.He knows what it�s like to put up with an unpleasant smell, he added. �I have a neighbor who grows his own coffee beans, and personally I find it disgusting.�Source: Boston Globe (MA)Author: Beth Teitell, Globe Staff  Published: July 4, 2017Copyright: 2017 Globe Newspaper CompanyContact: letter globe.comWebsite: http://www.boston.com/globe/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/OwrWHReNCannabisNews -- Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml 
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Comment #4 posted by FoM on July 06, 2017 at 04:25:25 PT
HempWorld
Thank you!
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Comment #3 posted by HempWorld on July 05, 2017 at 20:04:07 PT
Oh FoM! Thank You!
That is so beautiful!We need to return to our creator!Thank you for your service, as always!Good Night! To you and yours!
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Comment #2 posted by FoM on July 05, 2017 at 19:57:38 PT
HempWorld
They should take a little time and smell the flowers! Take a little time and see the grass grow. Take a little time and look up to Heaven, Oh how He loves us so!
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Comment #1 posted by HempWorld on July 05, 2017 at 07:46:17 PT
What's that smell?
The smell of freedom!Get used to it!
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