Pot-smoking zones will be unenforceable

Re: “Victoria mulls places where you can smoke pot legally,” Sept. 7. Thank you for the update on the social situation at city hall. While reading this article, I started with a smile, and then broke into outright laughter.

Are you kidding me, Lisa and Ben? We already have “unintended consequences” of legalized cannabis consumption, the least of which are the proliferation of pot shops sprouting all over Victoria like, well, weeds.

A little research (excluding trips to Denver) will quickly identify where one can consume cannabis, and where a lot of people stand around pretending not to see the activity. Please include these quiet little places of contemplation in your new consumption-site policies.

• Anywhere on Pandora Avenue.

• Dallas Road walkway, especially at the Cook Street intersection.

• Cook Street Village.

• Second tee, Gorge Vale Golf Club. (Hey, it wasn’t me!)

• Esquimalt Plaza.

• Sections of Government Street, except outside the Empress.

• Galloping Goose Trail.

• Anywhere you see a tent.

• 1200 block of Douglas Street.

• Almost any downtown parkade.

That should keep you going for a while.

Now tell us, someone, just how is the city going to enforce something that is basically unenforceable? Can we expect to see the hiring of squads of bylaw officers?

I really liked it when all the city had to deal with was the new bridge and the sewage-treatment plant. (File under “Good Old Days.”) Austin Peckham Victoria