Okay, so for the most part I am a live and let live type of person, but when the living of others interferes with my personal freedoms I become a bit annoyed to say the least. Right before Christmas my family and I went to see the San Francisco 49ers play against the New York Giants. My dad and my brother are huge football fans and we thought it would be fun to take our son to his first football game. We were very excited about going to the game, as it was a family event. Altogether there were 10 of us and four kids, ages 4-11. We got to the game a little early so we could tailgate in the parking lot, my dad has to be able to tailgate before the game. We hung out with hummus and crackers and cooked some dogs, real ones for some, tofu dogs for me. We had fund hanging out. Occasionally we smelled the scent of marijuana in the air, but were able to keep the kids distracted, as nobody right next to us was using marijuana. We figured once we got into the game, things would get better. In fact, the exact opposite happened. We went into the game and shortly after it started, some people down from us lit up a joint and passed it around. A few minutes later another group of people lit up a joint and passed it around. Candlestick Park is supposed to be a smoke-free (marijuana or any other kind of smoke) environment. About halfway through the game, a group a guys sitting right in front of us pulled out a joint and lit it up. By this point I was pretty upset, because I am sitting with my son, who is 10 and has never been introduced to marijuana. I really did not expect his first exposure to the drug to occur at a sporting event. I was saddened to learn that going to a football game is not a family friendly event, and that it is definitely not appropriate for kids. I told the group in front of me to put out the marijuana cigarette because of the kids, and they did, but one of them just moved down the aisle further away and lit up again with another group of people. It seems that it is perfectly acceptable to smoke marijuana out in the open, as if it is no big deal. A couple of things I don’t understand is 1) why a person cannot make it through a 3 -hour game without getting high; and 2) if you absolutely must get high during the game, why can’t a person take the time to make some edibles, which are much less obvious, not polluting the air with marijuana, and not exposing innocent children to the drug. I wrote to both the NFL and to Candlestick Park, but neither agency has responded to my email. I would like to hear from anyone out there in the blogosphere, how would you handle the situation?