Letter: Apartments need to rethink rules on pot

I am writing because I live in an apartment building where policy treats cannabis like cigarettes, where Initiative 502 was passed to make it more like alcohol.

The smoking areas are where we are to smoke or ingest cannabis, even though they are outdoors. Under the law, cannabis is to be used at home in privacy. Cannabis also does not have carcinogenic factors or cause deaths to first- or second-hand smokers.

I tried to seek out other buildings’ policies but found many apartments treat cannabis like cigarettes or make no provisions for its legal or medical use.

Apartments should draft policies in compliance with the law and make smoking pot in your apartment alright now that legalization has taken effect.

This story was originally published January 5, 2018 at 4:09 PM with the headline "Letter: Apartments need to rethink rules on pot."