This sounds weird to me. It's illegal here in Switzerland but smoking in public is the most normal thing ever, nobody bothers. Should they catch you it's $100 flat or nothing, no entries in your criminal history either.
Since CBD is legal and common we also smoke THC strains in caffees, clubs, restaurants and wherever else smoking is allowed.
Otherwise agreed, the lazy stigma is living on (and not completely wrong)
It sounds like you need to be discrete / careful in public, which makes sense if it's illegal. In California, it's legal, but in city areas it's usually not allowed outside or inside, and when you rent, most places will say no smoking of any kind inside. The only way I can think of where I could smoke "in peace" would be to buy a house and smoke inside or a patio, if far enough from the dense cities.
Well many are discrete, many are not. If you go to any park near some water in the summer you smell it everywhere and police doesn't bother. Last time I had to pay was smoking in a train station, which is stupid.
It never before occured to me that legal does not mean it's easy
when I worked in Zurich, I purposely hung out in the "bad" neighbourhood. Always more fun than the "business district." Didn't even smell pot anywhere. I was quite surprised.
Where I live, if there is a bar around, you'll smell pot outside. Wherever people congregate with smoke, there you will also find joints. This has been the case even well before we federally legalized it.
I don't really know about Zurich, you may realized it is somewhat different to the rest of the country :) in Bern, Thun, Interlaken,.. it's way more common
It's complicated. Generally it's not, we have a few places/clubs that don't care and most restaurants still allow it outside, where most seats are anyway (if the weather fits)
Since CBD is legal and common we also smoke THC strains in caffees, clubs, restaurants and wherever else smoking is allowed.
Otherwise agreed, the lazy stigma is living on (and not completely wrong)