Cannabis smoking

Emissions from vehicles of all types are carcinogenic. More people die from poor air quality worldwide than have died from COVID in the past year. Does anyone stop taking their child out in a pushchair where 5hey are susceptible to breathing in toxic fumes. How many homes use nasty chemical air fresheners or toxic cleaning fluids.

To those who think the OP is being unreasonable. Cannabis is toxic to the point of being carcinogenic and it’s known to cause mental health problems in those susceptible. Would you want such fumes making their way into the bedroom of a child of yours ?

Wow, what a lot of comments!!
I am not surprised at how many people feel it is not a problem. If it wasn’t emanating into a 10week old baby’s room I personally would not care and I don’t think my DD or SiL would either.
They bought the house three years ago and they have always had it but since the birth of baby number 2 who is in back bedroom it is now an issue. They can not close the window it is boiling!!
I think a lot of you are thinking it is the smell that is the problem, it is the smoke that is the issue. My DGD is a stoner at 10 weeks old, we thought she was smiling early?
Thanks for all the comments it has kept me amused for a while and taken my mind off the shambles of an Iceland delivery I have just got??

MavisCabbage

I suffer from asthma and l would like to move as the guy downstairs ( disabled) smokes grass and so do the neighbours on one side.
I think there's a widespread feeling that it is mean to object to people smoking this appalling drug. It has all sorts of negative effects, not least of which is making users both unreasonable and lazy. Why people think it is 'better' than alcohol is beyond me.

“Negative effects, making users unreasonable and lazy “
What utter garbage.

My wife was based in Switzerland for 20 years. It’s legal to cultivate up to 4 plants there for personal use. We had plants on the balcony and an annual crop.I don’t smoke anything anymore as I stopped smoking tobacco a few years ago and don’t dare smoke anything to tobacco related. But my wife is an international negotiator working with heads of governmental departments and internationally recognised in her specialist field. She enjoys a couple of small joints on a evening to relax and chill out after a heavy day or after long haul flights. (When these were part of the job). Anyone more hard working and dedicated to the betterment of international labourer and health you could not meet. Unreasonable and lazy……I don’t think so. Please don’t generalise…..
I have worked with addictions for many years within the criminal justice system. I smoked dope as a youth, I don’t like it any more as the skunk around now bares no resemblance to the grass of my youth. BUT it is not a gateway drug any more than someone enjoying a glass of wine in the evening will be become an alcoholic.

I've met many, many unreasonable drinkers, but never an unreasonable stoner.
As has been said, they're too chilled and lazy to start a fight.

MavisCabbage

I suffer from asthma and l would like to move as the guy downstairs ( disabled) smokes grass and so do the neighbours on one side.
I think there's a widespread feeling that it is mean to object to people smoking this appalling drug. It has all sorts of negative effects, not least of which is making users both unreasonable and lazy. Why people think it is 'better' than alcohol is beyond me.

I used to smoke dope back in the sixties and seventies. A group of us would be at someone's flat, have a few joints, listen to some music and generally chill. We didn't go out into the streets and behave like drunken yobs - fighting and throwing up everywhere.

Espee the police do not act on small amounts of weed whether it’s illegal or not They do not have the man power even if they wanted to it is very very widely used and they know it they would be on the weed hunt day in and day out so they turn their heads
My friend has reported her neighbours for dealing many times and the police have not even been out to speak to them
I think you would be very very surprised at the amount of professional people who smoke cannabis regularly
I am not saying it’s right but it is what happens it’s used on an everyday basis by many The bus left the station a long time ago
It will be legalised, again I m not condoning it but it’s a fact of life just as common well nowadays more common that cigarette smoking You can’t stop an avalanche with a single spade

I don`t have a clue what cannabis, or any other drug, smells like. My husband was a heavy cigarette smoker for most of his life, and I hated the smell of that. When he gave up it was heaven!

I am taken aback at how many people are accepting this as normal. It's still illegal. Any person using it for genuine medical purposes will have it prescribed. It's totally different from street drugs to which people are referring. Prescribed means it's clinically clean and controlled. I see a few people arguing it's not a police or council matter which it totally is. Again, it's for pain...so many people smoke it as if it's a majority or something. Truly not the case but the justification of users or ex users. It can I've time cause untold harm 're mental illness even to the point of irreversible psychosis.

My brother-in-law was over fond of it, and it caused him to have financial problems and he became hooked on it. My dad bailed him out many a time. My brother-in-law was a doped up pothead. It is NOT harmless at all, and can cause lethargy and laziness.

Perhaps all those who advise others to turn a blind eye to people smoking cannabis, this might be illuminating.
www.smoke.me.uk/2019/02/02/is-it-illegal-to-smoke-cannabis-in-your-own-home-and-what-can-you-do-if-your-neighbours-are-smoking-it/

Our next door neighbour is a user, quite honestly it is pretty lethal both for the user and those who have to put up with the disgusting stench. We had our house on the market, so my oh mentioned it to his wife, they haven't spoken to us since, very sad, as we always got on ok. He has cut back quite a bit though, it made matters worse when they built an extension, its ok asking users to go further away in their garden, but ours are rather small, and anyway he uses indoor s with the window open, which is right next to our property. I guess people who use it for medicinal purposes can try and keep it in check, I wish I had the nerve to try it for my chronic arthritis but couldnot stand the stench

I agree with Petal1 my friend uses it for pain relief and it helps immensely. I have another friend who has a very small garden and neighbours from hell, occasionally her and her husband walk to a nearby woodland with wonderful views and 'enjoy' the piece. Why not?

I’ve done a lot of work with addiction, people who do misuse alcohol and drugs tend to have addicted personalities In the same way that people who drink alcohol don’t all become alcoholics actually surprisingly few people who use cannabis go into be heroin or crack cocaine addicts.

For me the issues around both drugs and alcohol are the effects it has on some peoples personalities and their anti social behaviour.

Personally, and this is a personal and controversial view, I would like to see ALL drugs decriminalised, sold under licence and taxed. Drugs have been around for literally hundreds of years and are going nowhere. To keep them off the streets and sold legitimately would clean up our towns, stop county lines, cut down on gang culture/crime and keep drugs checked and safe. The added bonus would be more taxes for the government and dealing in alleys, parks and inside schools and colleges brought to an end. I know not everyone will agree with me.

3nanny6

I would have a calm word with them and tell them that the smell is making it's way into the child's bedroom and it is not
acceptable for that to be happening. Tell them to at least go to the very back of the garden out of the way and do it there.
It is most common now and to find teenagers and young adults smoking is almost normal, When I walk my dogs I smell cannabis all the time.

A few years ago a friend of mine was fed up with the
teenagers next door constantly smoking cannabis she went a bit extreme and anonymously told police that there was drug dealing going on at the address and the house got raided by police.
The father of the teenagers went mad but at least they stopped doing it. There was no real damage done as the police only seized a small amount and the boys got a caution.

3Nanny6

I’m appalled on so many levels by your post ! Whilst I have every empathy for your friend, 1) lying to the police about dealing isn’t great, 2) Police cautions can have a highly detrimental effect on both employment and travel 3) if they did ever discover who reported them it could make things quite awful for your friend

I’m very surprised at the amount of tolerance to cannabis smoking on here. It’s illegal and that’s an end to it. It can cause addiction and lead to other drug usage. The grandchild concerned will eventually grow into a teenager. What a bad example to have on her doorstep! Before anyone says anything I don’t smoke and drink alcohol only rarely and never have barbecues!

I suffer from asthma and l would like to move as the guy downstairs ( disabled) smokes grass and so do the neighbours on one side.
I think there's a widespread feeling that it is mean to object to people smoking this appalling drug. It has all sorts of negative effects, not least of which is making users both unreasonable and lazy. Why people think it is 'better' than alcohol is beyond me.

What did Infuriate me though was that for the past month she’s been smoking it every morning then getting into her car/school of motoring car afterwards( stinking of expensive perfume) for driving lessons. In my eyes that is just as bad as drinking a few shots of vodka.
FronkyDonky yes, driving under the influence is probably more prevalent than people realise.
Unfortunately, there are unscrupulous solicitors who offer to help get offenders off using loopholes etc.
They are a danger to other road users.

BlueBelle

I don’t think it’s illegal for home use espee it is for growing or selling or large amounts but I don’t think it is for small amounts in your own home
I get it from both sides of my house ?
I don’t think police would do anything for home use and to be honest they d never stop knocking on doors if they did it’s extremely common usage
The best one was last year my daughter and I were in the sea and I said to her ‘can you smell weed’ she said ‘yes it’s very strong’ we were both puzzled being in the sea then a lilo floated past with a middle aged to older man lying on his back puffing away we couldn’t help laughing it was such a strange thing to see
In answer to your original question I don’t think that’s there’s much you can do

Oh yes BlueBelle it most certainly is illegal even in tiny amounts. It is a class B drug.
I have to say that I am amazed that so many people believe it isn’t harmful and even think it is legal.

A lady in our village was selling pots on the local face book page after her flat that she lets was raided by police and the cannabis plants were taken away. She didn't mention what happened to her tenants. I notice you said that your relatives don't want to make things "worse" so I take it that there have been other problems in the past. By the time the vapour is released into the atmosphere and travels up it is unlikely that it will affect your GD unless they have a lot of people smoking it in their garden.

According to the government website

www.gov.uk/penalties-drug-possession-dealing

Cannabis
Police can issue a warning or an on-the-spot fine of £90 if you’re found with cannabis.

I had neighbours who were smoking cannabis indoors during lockdown, both day and night. The smell permeated through the walls and into my home. They were tenants in an apartment where smoking of any description was not allowed. It took several letters from the managing agent to get them to stop. It was awful, and just as annoying and disturbing as loud noise. You have my sympathy.

Granmarderby10

Is the smell alone detrimental to health in any way though?

Granmarderby10 If you can smell it you are inhaling it which is, of course detrimental to health.

I know both police and social workers who smoke it.
I also know someone who works in rehab who does.
It is illegal, but the likely outcome of being found in posession is a fine or warning, if it's a small amount.

Despite it being illegal the police generally ignore it if 'for personal use'. I occasionally dabbled as a student and find the smell quite pleasant, though only in very small doses. I have some hand cream that smalls of weed which I rather like. As an ex smoker I find the smell of tobacco smoke much more unpleasant. I have a neighbour who goes outside by the road to smoke tobacco. I'm guessing his wife doesn't allow it in the house. Fortunately our houses are detached and I don't smell it unless I walk past him while he's out there. I wouldn't be happy if it came inside my house.

I worked on the census earlier this year and there were places I went where I smelled both types of smoke. I felt sorry for the people living in those conditions. It made me realise how priviledged I am to have a house with a garden and considerate neighbours!