Cannabis smoking

Current Cannabis Law

Cannabis law in the UK hasn’t really changed much over the last couple of decades. The drug is still classified as a Class B substance, prohibiting recreational use entirely. Cannabis was approved for medical use in 2018, though there are strict regulations on the type of conditions and options people have with this.

I prefer the smell of cannabis to cigarettes, vapes and people burning garden waste with all that fithy smoke! I've never smoked any drug legal or illegal but did have an ex who did smoke cannabis and I do quite like the smell ?

Is it a rented house. Speak to landlord / agent

grandtanteJE65

Obviously, if it bothers them they should say so to their neighbours.

I detest the smell of food grilling on a barbecue grill but have long since realised that it is something we just have to put up with.

Ah, another person who dislikes the smell of barbecue. Wonderful. I'm the same. Can't stand the stench. We have to go in if someone gets one going. But as you say, we have to put up with it.

If I had to choose I'd prefer some cannabis smoke wafting over.

I always found the whiskey drinking thug of a neighbour much more of a problem. Your DD has spoken to them and I am sure they will just tell her in future.

It is a tricky situation especially if you don't want to sour the relationship with the neighbours.
If they are unwilling to move to the other end of the garden - I would suggest buying an airfilter for your GD room just to be on the safe side.
We can't change others behaviour, we can only try to lessen the impact it will have on our own lifes.

Police can issue a warning or an on-the-spot fine of £90 if you’re found with cannabis.
From .gov.uk website ?

www.politics.co.uk/reference/cannabis/
For those misinformed ?‍♀️

Scentia

MaggieTulliver
Yes we would be equally upset but I wasn’t worried if I was being unreasonable as I know we are not!!!

She went round this afternoon and asked them to give her a heads up if they are going to smoke it outside so she can move her DD or close the window, they said ok. DD is hoping they will be too embarrassed to tell her they are about to have a toke in their garden they will just go it inside!!
We will have to see how it plays out!

She has.
They will. ?

Naturally you are concerned for your DGC but it's not really a police matter at this stage nor is it your place to make the initial approach to the neighbours, that puts your DD and SIL in a potentially difficult position.
Simply encourage DD and/or SIL to politely mention the problem regarding the GC bedroom window and their cannabis smoke and ask if they could possibly just move down the garden a few feet. It might be that the neighbours and completely unaware and are willing to oblige.

Obviously, if it bothers them they should say so to their neighbours.

I detest the smell of food grilling on a barbecue grill but have long since realised that it is something we just have to put up with.

In a house i used to rent, the neighbours did smoke it and i could smell it in back yard,and more so in shared alley way (when we took the bins through) as there was a fan there- it was particularly strong sometimes, but he'd had mates go round so i naivély thought it must be as a few of them is in- when they moved out it turns out they had a cannabis 'grow' up in the attic! He had converted it and lined it and everything! (New landlord who had bought it told me)!

It is an illegal substance and despite public perception it is a police issue albeit resulting sometimes in a caution. It also stays in your system for days so if they drive it could result in more serious consequences.

I have never smelt weed in my life. Wouldn't know it if it were blown into my face.

When I moved to this town in our block of flats, we used to hold our breath to get to our front door because of the strong smell of weed and skunk! My daughter is asthmatic and it affected her.They used to congregate at the corner behind the flats, and blow it into my lounge on purpose because I complained to the landlord! The lady next door kindly waits until we go out now, but I was very unpopular for a long time! I don't mind people choosing to smoke it but not if it is affecting your health, and it still worries me seeing the dealers giving the teenagers their drugs at the park!

Must have had a sheltered life, wouldn't know what it smells like. I would probably just close the window, it must be well diluted by the time it wafts up.

Petal1

Lots of people are now using it, not just for leisure purposes, but also for medicinal reasons. I was a palliative care nurse before I retired, and many patients used it to help control their pain.

It doesn't have to be smoked though, you can take it in ways that doesn't impinge on other people.

You can ask for them to move further down the garden. Hopefully they will.
I highly doubt the police will come out unless they're dealing drugs or have a grow going on.
I wonder whats going to happen when its legalised? There will be an awful lot of very unhappy people by the sounds of it

My next door neighbours would smoke in front & back garden every day. I just shut the windows near to them till they were done. Dont get it now as they have moved. Would rather have that than the abuse from previous tenants.

Lots of people are now using it, not just for leisure purposes, but also for medicinal reasons. I was a palliative care nurse before I retired, and many patients used it to help control their pain.

It’s horrid and dangerous to your mental health. If people want to do it they should do it in their own homes. I don’t think people realise how lethal that rubbish is. It can cause mental health issues and is the primary reason for the escalating demands on mental health services in recent years. If users want to risk that then I couldn’t care less but it’s unfair to inflict it on others. The police aren’t at all helpful either, we have a dealer near us who deals next door to the primary school and to underage youngsters. I’ve taken to threatening him now as he does it outside our house in spite of my repeated polite requests to stop x

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.

I wouldn't want it going into my child's bedroom and the child inhaling other people's toxic air either.

I remember hiring a seaside apartment, wanting to sit out on the balcony in the evening watching the sun go down but the smell of cannabis from the balcony below was so strong we couldn't.
It's not as bad as the smell of tobacco, though.

She went round this afternoon and asked them to give her a heads up if they are going to smoke it outside so she can move her DD or close the window, they said ok.

I hope they take heed, Scentia, probably they just didn't realise.

I travel on motorways most days. At this time of the year when the weather is hot and sunny and people put the roof of their cars down there is a very strong smell of weed especially at queues etc very scary to think that people think that this is acceptable or safe

It is so common place around that I don’t even notice it any more. I am sure the Police wouldn’t be at all interested as it is not viewed as criminal now if just for personal use.
If surprises me that there is anyone who wouldn’t know the smell, where have you been for years ? Unfortunately it is now a part of a lot of many peoples lives, young and old.

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.

I am sure the OP would be just as upset if the DGD's room stank of tobacco smoke.