4/20

What Grinds Our Gears: Respect the people around you when you light up, even on 4/20

By: Ruth Leavitt, SFU Student On 4/20, a group of teenagers lit up their weed on a SkyTrain car. It was late at night, so the car was full but not crowded. I had to flee to the next car to escape the smoke, and I wasn’t alone. I don’t object to weed. I know people who use it medicinally. But I also experience anxiety symptoms when exposed to it. Lighting up on SkyTrains is an extreme form of people failing to think about others when they smoke. On a good day, I’m already dodging cigarette smoke at transit exchanges…

Continue reading