Something I've always wondered about marijuana.

This has been on my mind for quite some time now. I was wondering say if you are smoking pot out doors how far will the noticeable smell of the smoke travel. I know there are tons of factors like wind, weather, structures, and such but I was just wondering what the average was.

I googled to no avail. The only thing close I could find was a study about certain court cases where officers said they smelt marijuana in a highly unlikely situation. One study showing that it was unlikely to smell a large amount of marijuana in a garbage bag locked in the trunk of a car from the drivers area, and that diesel fumes from a pot growing factory in california masked the smell of the plants enough to make it unlikely that someone would smell it. Which was located here if you care to read it. [size=-1]www.norml.org/pdf_files/brief_bank/marijuanaodorstudy.pdf

Anyways anyone know of any studies done that shows data for this? I wish I could perform a study on my own but you know smoking pot in an open field could prove to be a bit too risky.
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i guess your best bet might be searching for cigarette smoke related articles/studies on this subject if there are any

 

not sure but i have gotten comments from people walking through parking lots while i was smoking a blunt in the woods about ~30 feet away "yo lemme get a hit of that"

 

yeah aparently its fairly noticable for a good 50 yards if your puffing a whole fatty or bowl....
but personally i can barely smell it when its next to me unless im puffing it... i guess ive kinda become immune to the scent

 

I'm not sure on the distance but I know it will clear in about 5 minutes if you are in a fairly open area.

 

if you know what sent your searching for marry jane can be smelt form pretty far away

 

get a group of friends together, go for a really long hike in the woods or at a state park, far away from people, and set everyone up 2 feet apart and smoke at the starting point. Check in several directions, allowing each person to smoke (otherwise you're being rude)

Make a chart of the general area, mark in any trees, and then mark the smokes progress at intervals. ( 1st minute- Blue 2nd minute red etc..) It would be pretty easy. just set up your controls. only hard thing is finding a location.

 

I smoke it in the closed garage. 15 minutes later you can't tell I smoked anything in there. Cigarettes, however, linger for hours and hours. They're disgusting.

 

As others have stated, it doesn't stick around very long...It also depends on what you are smoking (blunts, bong, etc.) and the type of weed.

 

This is probably a pretty important thing we should know....

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ill do some personal research as well... if i find anything ill letcha know

 

That's an interesting question and I've never really thought about it. My friends and I always smoke in the woods surrounded by houses abut never thought about the smell traveling. However, sometimes I'll walk right into my house after smoking a bowl and my mom doesn't notice the smell.