I know it's not true that the majority of NDP supporters in Nanaimo-Alberni are pot smokers, and I doubt it's true in Vancouver Island North.  NDP voters did not overall switch Green in Vancouver Island North in 2008, as Catherine Bell held her raw vote almost to a person from 2006, and she had picked up most of the remaining Green vote back then.  New Green voters came from disaffected Liberals in that riding.  Maybe 600 NDP voters abandoned the NDP for the Greens in Alberni; not enough to win by a long stretch.

remind, Dana's video offended pot smokers too, you know.  Apart from modelling behaviour that is unsafe to oneself and others on the public roads, it was braggartly.  And I think if we consult with even the most progressive pollsters, we would find that that incident had a big impact on helping disaffected Liberals decide not to vote NDP.

But I'm guessing we move in very different circles to come up with such differing perceptions.