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When it comes to the rights guaranteed to us as U.S. citizens, cannabis consumers have been getting the short end of the Thai stick for decades. It抖阴ap a sore subject for most users, considering there was a , the same year that voters in Colorado and Washington approved recreational marijuana.

So excuse me if I sound dismissive of an who feels she鈥檚 being smoked out of her own backyard.

Or, to put it another way: Boo hoo.

If her neighbors were stoking the flames of a 鈥淪impsons鈥�-esque tire fire, I鈥檇 be more sympathetic. Using your rights to infringe on the rights of others is not cool, bros. There鈥檚 no 鈥渟moking gun鈥� that indicates this is the case, however. But even if there was substantial evidence of outdoor secondhand marijuana smoke posing a serious health risk to someone, what makes that unique to ganja?

Cigar smoke is one of my least favorite smells and is chock full of carcinogens. That doesn鈥檛 mean there should be a campaign to ban it in my backyard.

If her job was threatened by a due to the billowing blunts next door, I鈥檇 be more sympathetic. According to a study review cataloged by the , this simply isn鈥檛 the case. Researchers found that 鈥減assive inhalation does not have a major effect … and should not affect drug test results in the workplace.鈥� Her position as head of killing buzzes is safe.

The risk of her achieving intoxication — Heaven forbid — isn鈥檛 even likely according to the , which found that 50 percent of go straight into a user鈥檚 bloodstream. Virtually all of them if the smoke is held for several seconds. She鈥檇 be better off kindly asking her neighbors to take a deep breath on their next bong rip if getting a contact high was a concern.

But it抖阴ap not. The only concern she seems to have is about the marijuana smell.

As someone who has enjoyed marijuana for years, trust me: We don鈥檛 always like the odor, either. Especially when we鈥檙e around law enforcement. In my experience, the nice thing about the aroma of cannabis is that it dissipates rather quickly. I鈥檇 let anyone spark up a joint in my living room. Do the same with a cigarette and you鈥檒l get the stink eye.

The woman鈥檚 main — if only — argument is that 鈥淚 can sit out here on my back deck and have a beer, and nobody knows the difference. You can smell the difference with pot.鈥� Sure, if you鈥檙e drinking alone this is a very valid (and sad) point. The noise pollution that comes with a few six packs and rowdy neighbors is something you鈥檒l rarely hear as people mellow out over a bowl, though. I know I鈥檇 rather live next to the latter.

Perhaps she would be well-served in walking a mile in her next-door nemeses鈥� shoes. Are they parents who worry that if you saw them smoking indoors, would be on their doorstep within minutes? Are they renters who worry that a pop-in from the landlord could ? Or are they simply people who want to enjoy their own private property in the same way that she does?

When it comes to rights, our fundamental rights, I can鈥檛 imagine anything more American than plumes of legal cannabis rising from backyards like so many Fourth of July barbecues. adults, allowed to choose what goes into their bodies, enjoying a substance older than this country itself.

Then again, she has a legitimate gripe if they like British soldiers. I hear these stoners can really do damage to a pantry.

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