Posted on 11/24/2024 9:18:08 AM PST by DFG
Formula 1 drivers complained this week about the smell of marijuana as they prepared for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, with one even joking they could fail drug tests.
Marijuana is legal in Nevada and the odor can often be prevalent among those attending sporting events.
"Yes, there was a smell of weed," Williams driver Franco Colapinto said. "If they dope [test] the drivers now, I think we'll all test positive. When we all test positive, there will be a mess."
Drivers had three practice sessions as well as qualifying beginning Thursday leading up to Saturday night's race.
Max Verstappen, who went into the race hoping to clinch his fourth consecutive series title, said the smell of marijuana was quite noticeable.
"I was quite high in the car," Verstappen said jokingly. "It's not ideal because you can also smell it while driving and it's quite extreme."
His Red Bull teammate, Sergio Pérez, echoed Verstappen's comments.
"I'm tired of it already," Perez said. "The amount is incredible."
Nevada voters approved legalizing the drug in 2016, and the new law took effect Jan. 1, 2017. Marijuana remains illegal under federal law.
Marijuana can only legally be purchased in Nevada from state-licensed dispensaries, and only those at least 21 are allowed to buy the drug.
Though the smell of marijuana is common near sporting events, it's rare for the odor to emanate inside a closed venue because any kind of smoking is illegal in most public indoor spaces.
As a result, this was not an issue when the Super Bowl was played in February at Allegiant Stadium, which also is home to the Las Vegas Raiders. Similarly, while marijuana often is noticeable outside T-Mobile Arena for Vegas Golden Knights games and UFC events, inside is another matter.
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MOVE the race-——
ANOTHER CITY would love to have it.
I was in Vegas last month. They aren’t lying. All you can smell is weed around the Strip.
Another city can have it the people that live here in Las Vegas hate this damn race It ties up traffic destroys businesses wrecks everything in whole town It’s an ongoing debate with the locals how much they despise this effing race self another city wants it fine take it please
ROTFLMAO. But...but...but it’s the miracle drug. It will keep them healthy.
Marijuana smokers complain about F1 smell.
The smell of todays weed is on a whole different level that the weed that was around 40 years ago. Weed these days stinks to high heaven. A pile of dead skunks would smell better.
Does absolutely EVERYONE have to have something to bitch about?
The last time I went to Vegas, I thought the place reeked of pot. I guess lots of folks go there from places where it’s not legal, so they over indulge. You aren’t supposed to smoke it in public…but that doesn’t really apply in Vegas.
Welcome to NevaDUH. Can’t drive the interstate in town without smelling it.
Ban smoking or vaping at the track. Users can just bake brownies & bring them. Problem solved.
I can smell it driving I240 in Memphis with my windows closed.
I ride my motorcycle in Oklahoma and I smell that shit everywhere. If I pull up to a stoplight and see people in a car smoking it, I go off on them, get their plate number and call the drunk driving hotline with their plate - to me, it’s just the same as someone driving along taking hits off a bottle of liquor.
lol
Not many things a stoner can’t F/U.
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