Cannabis smoking

Bigirl57

Police themselves smoke it, how often do your neighbours smoke it, I would just keep the window closed if the wind is blowing in your direction. I’m surprised it’s not been made fully illegal by the amount of people who smoke it. I would not tell the police unless they were acting like idiots and dealing drugs from their abode.

Bigirl57. It is fully illegal in the United Kingdom. Please stop making statements which are untrue.
If medically prescribed which refers to a tiny number of very ill people an exception is made but recreational use is totally against the law.

I hate the smell of it and my neighbours teenage daughter was smoking it all last summer whilst her parents were working and has been smoking it in her bedroom with her window wide open this year too. It drifts into my house even though my patio door and windows are shut. 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. She passed her test but still continued to smoke it. I wanted to call the police and shop her because a) it’s an illegal substance b) she’s breaking the law by drug driving c) it’s anti social. My husband advised me not to get involved. She fortunately packed up her small car and moved out last night but I highly doubt the weed habit has stopped. She is a very selfish spoiled madam who cares not a jot about anyone but herself. Crime stoppers is the line to call because I asked my elderly ex policeman uncle.

tictacnana

I don’t know HOW people smoke it ! I have severe arthritis and , during one particularly severe episode, my OH procured for me a cannabis joint. Three inhalations later , I was incapable of speaking coherently, walking or even opening my eyes.Just THREE puffs ! What sort of ‘child of the 60s,’hippy student flower power excuse for a baby boomer was I ? But anyway, not much you can do about it. For personal use, it’s not against the law and I’d close the window anyway.

Possession is illegal no matter how small the quantity, growing it is illegal, selling it is illegal.
For personal use IT IS ILLEGAL tictacnana. please don’t minimise it.

That's why the neighbours will almost certainly be cooperative in making sure the pong doesn't affect others.

Cannabis is illegal for recreational use in the U.K. and is a class B drug.
It is illegal to possess, grow, distribute or sell cannabis in the U.K..
Is that clear enough for those of you who apparently think the OP is making a fuss about nothing.
It smells disgusting, is toxic and just like tobacco it is antisocial to subject others to the smoke.

Many many years ago I gave a lift to an elderly (well, she seemed elderly to me at the time). I think I was in some sort of volunteer group. Anyway, she had MS and I casually asked her if she’d tried cannabis (I wasn’t dealing but the way: I’d just read about it!) and she said, of course and it really helps.

I must be in the minority i like the smell and you know when anyone is smoking they are chilling not like alcohol which invariably leads to aggression

I would not know it if I smelled it!

I’m sure you can get passively stoned because I remember feeing quite weird travelling back from some concerts back in the day. Also you can lose your job if cannabis is picked up in your system. Just goes to show how far the air that we breathe travels though.

I don’t know HOW people smoke it ! I have severe arthritis and , during one particularly severe episode, my OH procured for me a cannabis joint. Three inhalations later , I was incapable of speaking coherently, walking or even opening my eyes.Just THREE puffs ! What sort of ‘child of the 60s,’hippy student flower power excuse for a baby boomer was I ? But anyway, not much you can do about it. For personal use, it’s not against the law and I’d close the window anyway.

Police themselves smoke it, how often do your neighbours smoke it, I would just keep the window closed if the wind is blowing in your direction. I’m surprised it’s not been made fully illegal by the amount of people who smoke it. I would not tell the police unless they were acting like idiots and dealing drugs from their abode.

There is no definitive proof that cannabis is a gateway drug.
Lots of smokers have no wish to progress onto harder stuff (such as alcohol, to name but one)

You can bet if there cannabis smoking going on the much nastier stuff is not far away and the stuff of much human misery and destroyed families. I commend that to your conscience op and good luck!

If grandparents don’t object, what hope is there. It’s mind altering and hinders brain growth.
I don’t understand that it’s ok because lots do it.
Lots - steel cars, pickpocket, embezzle, cheat on spouses. Does this make it ok as lots do it?

Well all I can say is good luck trying to get them to stop. I have a neighbour who smokes it. I didn’t know what it was when I first moved into my home. I kept getting the smell through my home. I reported it to the council thinking something wrong with pipes lol how stupid I felt when workmen told me what it was and would report it. Nothing was done. I was told to get a air conditioner. He’s a nice quiet neighbor and he suffers from depression but he keeps his windows shut But now I have a new neighbor on other side and guess what he also smokes it. But he leaves all his windows open. I burn a lot of smelly candles now. But you only have to walk to shops now and ppl walk past you smoking it. Once you know the smell you know what it is. No I definitely wouldn’t knock on the door and complain but you have to live next to these ppl.

There are a fair few reports of the effect that cannabis can have on the developing brain of adolescents and of psychosis with heavy use. This modern stuff is not always the hippy dippy harmless recreational drug it was once considered to be.

This is a safe guarding issue. A child should not be the victim of secondary cannabis smoke.
The adults must put the child first.

If theitr house is rented you can contact their landlord

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

Gillycats you say 'it is the primary reason for escalation of mental health problems'. Please quote your source of information.
Alcohol does so much more harm to individuals and communities than cannabis does.Alcohol is physically and psychologically addictive. Cannabis is not physically addictive

MaggieTulliver

Would you be equally upset if they were just smoking ordinary tobacco OP? Because if it’s just the fact that it’s weed that you don’t like, then I think you’re being unreasonable.

Erm, it’s illegal and it stinks.

Just because a lot of people do something illegal doesn't make it right. Smoking cannabis is illegal, it's causing a nuisance. If the neighbours don't heed the hidden message from your chat, report them. We have all had enough to say about those breaking the Covid laws, what's the difference.

I am another that cannot stand the smell of barbecues but would not ask people to stop or move their barbecue. I just close the windows.

My neighbours smoke it daily, it comes somehow from their house into our lounge even when the doors are shut. When they are all outside we have to close all the windows and doors. Whatever they smoke is so strong it lingers for ages. Not good when it's hot! Even worse when they have friends round, it can last from midday until late at night.