Even after voter-approved Initiative 502 becomes law on Thursday, marijuana enthusiasts and connoisseurs won’t be able to hold events on public property if they intend to partake in smoking the state’s newly legal product.

Camas resident Robert Flatt discovered that after attempting to rent space at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds for just such an event.

“There was going to be food, there was going to be music, we were asking law enforcement to come get involved and explain some things to us,” Flatt said. And while Flatt says he would not be partaking, he did plan for folks to be able to have a smoke at the event.

“Yes, I am sure there would be smoking of marijuana. It is a legal activity,” he said.

Problem is, state law forbids smoking in any public place or place of employment. And the law doesn’t limit smoke or smoking to just tobacco.