Neighbours

I know the smell of cannabis is awful! And this is from an old hippy who used to smoke it at parties etc
If the smoke is annoying you and is invading your house , I would tell them so. Nicely.
Ask them if they could go further down the garden
It would really affect me as I have emphysema and copd

Say and do nought!

Although people are free to do pretty much what they please in their own homes and gardens if their actions impinge on you then you are entitled to have a polite word about it. Cannabis has a very distinctive stench to it and I would not sit in my garden or home and inhale it. I don't think you have any choice but contact the Police and inform them especially driving under the influence. They will keep you out of it but you don't need to live a life of misery.

I understand that if you inform the police it is in confidence. However they probably won’t investigate on the basis of your just seeing them from a distance and maybe smelling it.
It’s frustrating…..I know from my past work that smoking cannabis long term potentially has grave consequences physically and emotionally and can affect everyone around the smoker. It’s down to you as to what you want to do…

Not for you to interfere.

I used to be live and let live, until we had a next door neighbour move in who continually smokes it - skunk I believe, which has a dreadful stink. We can't have windows or patio doors open in summer, and have to get in quickly through our front door because of the stench wafting out of his front door into our house, which faces ours, front doors being on the side of the house therefore facing.
He is the sole carer for 3 early secondary school age children, drives under the influence, is continually shouting at the kids. It is known that passive smoking of cannabis is harmful to the brain development of children. He is continually making dreadful retching coughing noises outside of his door, coughing up whatever the stuff does to his lungs, even in the early hours of the morning (he is of the belief that the stuff is medicinal and good for him,) waking me up. Other neighbours dislike him for his nasty habits as well. However if we were to report him to the police, in the unlikely event they investigate, he will know it was us who reported him.
Sorry for the rant but he makes our life a misery.

Shame that laws are ignored.

You can often smell it here too, both coming from properties and in the street, though people don't openly smoke sitting outside. It does annoy people if it happens regularly and the smell reaches their property but the police really don't do anything until it is obvious that somebody is dealing. Even then they don't always do anything.
The police are so stretched now that I doubt they will do anything about your neighbours.

Nothing absolutely nothing. It's not your business, they are in there right to smoke it n their own garden. I'm 54 and I smoke cannabis for my pain, my neighbours are fine with it, I told them I do smoke they said nothing to do with us, and if it helps you then carry on.

It is annoying to have the smell infiltrate your space. We were rural and our neighbour was a police officer and his wife would smoke weed and it would drift over and was very strong and I hate the smell of it. But we didn’t want to cause ill-feeling as they were nice neighbours. It’s a difficult one.

None of your business, interfere at your peril.

I have it either side of my house and in the flat above the shop I work in 🤣I don’t need to buy or smoke any myself
It’s so commonplace now the police wouldn’t do anything else all day if they were to deal with joint smokers

OurKid1

Your only option is to report them for smoking cannabis, but I don't think the Police would take any notice. In any case, would it really be worth it - assuming you don't want to make enemies of them. Personally I'd leave things as they are. They're not hurting anyone, are they? Live and let live I'd say.

I agree with this advice.

Prescription meds carry warnings. If people know their reactions are impaired by prescription or street drugs, or alcohol, they shouldn’t drive.
Simple

Callistemon21 I bet there are thousands driving around on prescription medication who should not be behind a steering wheel never mind illegal drugs.

Alcohol is not illegal but you should not drive when you've drunk over the limit of that either.

There are many drivers on the roads who are probably over the drug limit.
The penalties range from a 12 month driving ban, a fine to six months in prison

A family member has this problem but the smell and smoke is infiltrating his property especially his small daughters room. He’s asked the neighbours to be more mindful to no avail so he’s now reported to the council and was asked to keep a diary. The neighbour has already had a warning and presumably is aware who is complaining.

So you were close enough to see that the driver was actually smoking a joint and not a cannabis free roll up.

I read recently that one police force have effectively decriminalised weed.
Maybe Derby.

Just basically saying "we arent going to do anything much if we find you in possession of a small bit of weed".

It's a class B drug in the UK so it's illegal to possess or supply it .
A first offence would be let off with a warning and the next offence might be punished with up to three months in prison or a fine of up to £2,500 .
This increases with further offences .
However , cannabis is so widely smoked that I wonder if the Police would investigate and prosecute .
If your neighbours are involved with crime then , the Police would certainly be interested in investigating them .

But you have to live next door to them in a small cul-de-sac : it wouldn't take much imagination to pinpoint you as the whistle - blower .
Not being spoken to is one thing and being the object of gossip is
another and there's a risk of enduring a campaign against you .
I haven't experienced those things , but I know people , who have .

Be pleasant and friendly , have a glass of wine with them and ignore it !

Yes, the driving is obviously an issue.
Apart from that, I'd sooner put up with the smell of weed than watch people glugging back alcohol.

They're not hurting anyone, are they? Live and let live I'd say

Unless they are driving and have an accident or knock down a pedestrian.

Could be one of your family they hit.

It’s the drug driving that bothers me the most. Also smoking it around the children.
I think I would report it if I saw that the driver was under the influence, with the car registration. Not a comfortable thing to do though.

Whether anyone thinks it's ok or not, it is illegal to drive if you are over the limit of cannabis (or any illegal drugs or alcohol) in the UK.

I couldn't remember the limit but just checked and for cannabis is it is 2µg/L.

If they weren't driving then that is their business.

that should say streets in the town, not specifically my street