Yee's proposal would ban smoking tobacco and cannabis — and vaping — from apartments in buildings with three or more units. While we understand the intention — limiting exposure to secondhand smoke — including marijuana is wrong.
Yee has added an exemption for medical cannabis use, but it's not enough. These days, one doesn't need a note from a doctor to enjoy the benefits of cannabis, as recreational marijuana is now LEGAL under CA Prop 64.
It's also not OK to limit a person's medicinal cannabis choices by restricting it to cannabis edibles. Not everyone likes them, and besides, if you want quicker relief from the symptom you are treating, smoking is better, as Brownie Mary Democratic Club President David Goldman told us in an.