NYC's weed stench scourge: Letters to the Editor -- Sept. 5, 2023

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Marijuana is extremely addictive, and it literally destroys both mental and physical health.
51% : The effort to legalize marijuana is an absolute cop-out to make more money.
42% : If I'm on public transportation, the smell of someone walking by me who just smoked marijuana repulses me.
32% : Regardless of what advocates for marijuana say concerning pot smoking, it does embolden people, as does alcohol, and people tend to do more inappropriate things when high.
32% : Marijuana destroys human lungs.
31% : The smell of marijuana makes me sick, whether I'm in or around a crowd of people or even smelling it emitting from a vehicle driving by me ("Reeker madness," Sept. 1).

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