As marijuana advocates in Canada take part in 4/20 cannabis culture demonstrations today, they know pot-smoking events in the not-too-distant future could actually be legal.
But when the Liberal government makes good on its campaign promise to legalize marijuana, there are bound to be many questions about life in a pot-permissive Canada that are more about social norms than laws. In the U.S., Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska have already lifted prohibitions on recreational weed, leaving American etiquette experts with a new frontier to address.
CBC News asked Lizzie Post, great-great-granddaughter of renowned etiquette expert Emily Post and co-president of The Emily Post Institute, to weigh in on marijuana etiquette.
“I think where it goes wrong is when people just assume that because it’s legal they can do it anywhere, anytime and it doesn’t matter,” she said. “All the rules of good etiquette still apply.”
Nicole Ireland – CBC News – Apr 20, 2016.
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