To think that smoking weed outside in the summer is anti social

As much as I appreciate that, some people with a weed habit use the fact it can be used medicinally to justify their unhealthy use.

It really can be medicinal, my wonderful grandfather who leads a very simple life had to give up painting when he got Parkinson's, he was so upset about this.

My cousin gave him a joint and about half an hour later his shakes calmed down. He can now paint again and only smokes it about half an hour before he wants to paint.

Some people do abuse it though and yes if your not using your brain it can lead to paranoia and other issues.

But I will always be great full for my grandfather being able to paint again and have been woken up to the medicinal purposes of it.

Everyone says it's 'medicinal'. I thinks it's awful, the smell alone makes me feel sick.

I don’t know much about weed but for those saying they smoke it as it’s medicinal to say help with pain I believe you can get it prescribed from a GP in the form of a spray. You don’t have to smoke it and upset your neighbours. It’s just an excuse.

'Can'. It can also lead to being able to function, being able to sleep, and being able to not be in crippling pain.

I sometimes smoke it for my arthritis. I'm sure you'd much prefer me to be lying awake in pain because my hips are too painful to lie on, but I guess it sucks to be you.

Coming from someone who has had to put up with neighbours from hell smoking weed indoors which in turn then stinks out my entire house YANBU. The smell is absolutely disgusting as are the attitudes of many (not all) weed smokers who clearly think it’s acceptable to smoke around others who don’t wish to inhale it.

I'd hate that. The smell is very pungent and very unpleasant. Medicinal my arse.
No wonder they're unpleasant neighbours, long term weed use can lead to paranoia, increased aggression and serious mental health problems. They're not some happy hippies chillin'.

I’m torn because people think cigarettes are something to put up with but weed is unacceptable. Both are a nuisance when it’s invading the personal space of your home, but at the same time the neighbours should be entitled to do what they want on their own property within reason - especially if it’s not recreational and is in fact medicinal.

You saying it’s medicinal but then also saying they’ve took up a ‘weed habit’, that’s not true is it if it’s used for medical purposes. I’m so tired of people treating weed as if it’s beneath them, when so many people use it for pain, neurological, sleep or even mental health purposes rather than recreational.

'only one rung down' - to make it sound like there are lots of rungs. Equally it is only one rung above prescription medicines that people take daily for their entire lives in many instances.

It also only got changed to class b to satisfy the political dialogue at the time - and was done so against the advice of the advisory Council set up to provide an evidenced based recommendation.

It was recognised as a meaningless policy at the time and those that suggested it are on public record recognising it as a mistake. It was to appease a small section of right wing daily mail fanatics who they were trying to enagage by looking interested in law and order, but changed nothing. It was the small boats of c.2007

To be honest I find smoking of any description in narrow terraced house gardens unacceptable. I've got neighbours who smoke both. It's really annoying but not much I can do

Prefer stoners to drunks.

Weed is legal in the UK with a prescription. Clinics like Curaleaf will prescribe after an online consultation and the eligibility criteria is long and open to interpretation. They do stipulate that patients are not to smoke joints but should dry vape instead that reduces the smell. I know 3 people that use Curaleaf and they all smoke it in joints. It's going to become far more common in the UK.

As other posters have said, some people see garlic, coffee, cigarettes etc as strong intrusive smells. We have been taught that weed is bad so you have learnt to associate it with 'a bad smell', it's just a grown plant ( just like garlic), nothing offensive about it unless abused.

I'm slightly biased though, as it's the only thing that has ever worked for my grandfather. He is a painter and developed Parkinson's and had to stop painting. He took up smoking weed at 81 and can now paint again.

I do think we smell things differently but not sure how much it is linked to how you feel about it.

I don't find garlic a strong smell and I really like it.
Coffee is strong to me and I also like it.
Weed I find strong and offensive and while I'm not keen on it for me and mine, I couldn't care less about the neighbour smoking except for the horrible smell!

Meh, what are you gonna do? You could ask them to stop but if they don’t, they don’t.
We all have to rub along together in this world. I’m sure you have some habits that wind other people up too. Just crack on.

I don’t smoke weed but I don’t mind the smell of it. Reminds of when I was a teenager. I think some of the replies here are a bit dramatic tbh.

I don't mind it myself. Whereas cigarette smoke is disgusting to me. I significantly prefer both to loud music, which I would have agreed without question was antisocial.

It does have medicinal purposes so I wouldn't be so quick to write that off either just because you don't like it.

I hate the smell of weed too. It is so much stronger than tobacco which I can't smell atall when my neighbours are smoking a cigarette. Vape also dissipates really quickly so no issue there either.

My BO smells like weed when I water fast.

About 25-30 years ago they just came and asked us to keep the curtains closed so the person opposite would stop complaining

i usually walk my dog along the Thames at night but for the past few summers I haven’t been able to due to the stench of weed.

Weed is not as innocuous as some would have you believe. Smoking when the brain is still developing is damn right dangerous.

I find it interesting that how you feel about something seems to change how you smell it, it smells similar to coffee, garlic and hops for me. Strong but not offensive.

I'd ask your neighbours for a resolution, it might just be forthcoming

I think the police have more important things to worry about.

If you live in a terraced house with small gardens that are practically on top of each other, you just need to accept that you live close to other people and have to put up with them.

personally I hate barbecue smells, but if other people want barbecues, good luck to them.

Stale weed smells just as bad as cigarettea tbf sit next to a weed smoker on a bus and it really is horrible . I get if you are a smoker can't smell it but it's not great.

Cigarettes, loud music and alcohol fuelled rowdiness are far worse but that’s just my opinion.
People listening to loud videos on their phones is the height of rudeness and shows a huge lack of consideration for others.Thats become normalised too now.

You could politely tell your neighbours that their smoke is a nuisance but I doubt reporting them to the police will make any difference.

Unless you have a weed factory it seems to be accepted these days.

Absutely.

It stinks.