Neighbours smoking marijuana in garden

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We have new neighbours who appear to be very heavy marijuana users. They were outside smoking with umbrellas when it snowed and this is the third time they’ve been out today. I’ve had enough because the smell comes into our house even with the windows closed, principally my 7 year olds room and the kitchen. They also had a very loud party until 3 am at the weekend.

It is a normal residential street with mainly school age families and elderly people. The neighbour on the other side of them is in her 80s and has dementia. They must be working as the cost of housing is very high, but I’ve no idea how they can sustain a job given the amount of drugs?

I thought about popping over, but I’m nervous if it goes wrong they might be unpleasant. Would a community police officer come out to speak to them? I’ve never experienced something like this so grateful for advice on what to do.

How the hell can it be illegal to possess cannabis but it's legal to smoke in your own home?

A bit of critical thinking may be in order here.

Buy them a vape for Christmas, greatly reduces the smell to almost nothing, and is much more economical.

Usual drug apologists on this thread.

If you smoke weed and buy from dealers then you are complicit in the trafficking of 14 and 15 year old children from countries like Vietnam who work in the houses and industrial settings where your weed is grown.

Educate yourselves.

Its a plant for goodness sake, chuck about some seeds and it'll grow in your garden too. Its growing all over the UK and is legal in a great number of countries including in Europe now. Coming from Vietnam how ridiculous, its not heroin! It has many many health benefits which have been proven time and again, and has never killed anyone (unlike the ghastly alcohol available in every corner shop). Educate yourself. Pearl clutching drama nonsense.

You misunderstood me. Vietnamese children are brought to the UK in the backs of lorries and on small boats to work in grow houses. They are essentially indentured slaves to criminal gang masters and are told that they have no choice as they have to pay off huge debts for the cost of their journey to the UK. They are often mistreated and abused.

This is not my opinion. This is a fact. Google it.

I have no problem if people want to buy weed from dealers, that's your own business, but know the facts and be grateful that your own kids are well looked after and have not been sold into slavery.

No one wants to admit their complicity in modern day slavery. Much easier to tell themselves it’s a harmless plant grown by some good guy just round the corner, community service….

I’m sure there are some good guys who grow a plant or two….

But this is not the vile nasty super strength stuff, usually grown in underground caverns (to avoid detection), where people are chained up, beaten, forced to work, including women and children, to pay off debt, hide from authorities, generally taken advantage of because of their vulnerable status for some reason.

Yeah, alcohol is so much better…. When you dismiss that modern day slavery exists.

I had this when I lived in a flat in London. A man who lived below smoked wed on his balcony and the smell would travel up to my flat. I hate the smell of it.

I posted something general about it on our residents Facebook group, asking people to be mindful that the smell was travelling to other flats through the windows. He sent me a really nice message apologising and saying he would be more careful and the issue stopped.

So it really depends on whether the neighbours are sensible people or not.

I would try having a brief, friendly chat first asking them not to smoke close to your windows.

If the friendly approach fails and they don't do anything if this is rented I would try to contact the estate agents/landlord who probably won't be impressed that someone is using drugs on the property and are holding lour parties.

And no people can't just do what they want in their properties. If it impacts on other people's enjoyment of their home, then the issue needs to. be addressed.

I think too many people who use weed seem to think that it is OK to present it as something harmless, that almost everyone does and that has no consequences. It isn't. it is still illegal, many people hate that smell and it is often associated to other anti-social behaviour.

No one wants to admit their complicity in modern day slavery. Much easier to tell themselves it’s a harmless plant grown by some good guy just round the corner, community service….

Yes, this 100%

As for the PP who lacked basic critical thinking skills - probably smoked it away years ago 😉

Interesting responses. I am a landlord, lovely house in a "naice" area, professional tenants. The NDN of the house called to tell me the tenants have been smoking weed in the garden. They were very unhappy about it. I'm due to do an inspection soon so will be looking out for signs of smoking in the house (against the tenancy agreement) but otherwise was thinking there is not much I can do, neighbours complaint is just hearsay really.

@Amybelle88 sorry to say that CBD flower is totally illegal in the UK. Extracts that have been certified to not contain THC are a different thing and perfectly legal providing regulated. If it's that, he's fine. If it's flower, he is breaking the law. Companies who sell CBD flower will tell you it's legal but that is not correct.

Hi, thanks for the information.

He buys a product that contains no THC.

Do they drive? That would be a factor in any response. If they do I would consider either their employer if known or the police.

They are whether they consider or not, racists and contribute to the small boats migration issue and as noted, modern slavery.

Certified no THC isn't the same as legal, though. Any form of flower product is illegal even if it contains no THC.

They are whether they consider or not, racists and contribute to the small boats migration issue and as noted, modern slavery.

Does OP know where they buy their weed from?

Most adult/professionals I know who smoke regularly buy online from overseas suppliers because it's cheaper.

This. I'm a smoker, middle management job.

They're probably perfectly nice people and a little nose blind to how much other people notice it. Try a chat first.

There is plenty of home grown weed available in this country, 'head' shops too. You just have to know where to look.

I had/have this problem OP. My neighbours are very nice so I turn a blind eye nose, as I would get occasional whiffs at periods throughout the day (they smoke it on and off all day). But in the heatwave it was diabolical, we obviously had all our windows and doors open and with no wind our whole house stunk, even the bedrooms on the opposite side to their house (semi detached) stunk.

So as per my PP I sent my DC out to ask loudly what the smell was. It wasn’t such a problem after that, I think they genuinely hadn’t realised how much it carries. It’s not a problem now in winter, I’m pretty sure they smoke it indoors.

@lurchermummy ·
''Interesting responses. I am a landlord, lovely house in a "naice" area, professional tenants. The NDN of the house called to tell me the tenants have been smoking weed in the garden. They were very unhappy about it. I'm due to do an inspection soon so will be looking out for signs of smoking in the house (against the tenancy agreement) but otherwise was thinking there is not much I can do, neighbours complaint is just hearsay really.''

It is not ''hearsay'', it is your neighbours telling you that your tenants are causing a nuisance and using illegal drugs. Dismissing a complaint as ''hearsay'' is a rather irresponsible. Any decent landlord would be concerned.

Also a smoker, good job, no issues other then the usual life shit. I've smoked weed almost every day for 25 years. I don't drive or operate machinery, and nobody else is at risk. I smoke in the shed in my garden.
We're not all filthy scumbags robbing pensioners, you know.

There is an issue with ethical supply though, for most people in the uk, unless you grow your own, which is a terrible idea if you care about not going to prison.

It's illegal, and therefore made and distributed by criminals.

The police aren't interested in people who grow one or two plants for their own use. I've grown it before. The person I get it from on the rare occasions I smoke is just a retired bloke who my dad knows. He's about 5ft2 and 6 stone wringing wet and is definitely not trafficking Vietnamese children and hiding them in his two-bed terraced house.

I'm not saying it doesn't happen, it does, but not everyone who smokes weed buys from a sketchy dealer. Most people buy it online or from someone they know who grows it.

Have to agree about the online shopping. Mine is due any day now as a present from me to me, a little micro dosing treat for the festive period shall we say.

I’m nearly 11 nights sober - double digits! I plan on staying alcohol free for as many more as I can.

I would handle this and speak to the community support police for advice. If they suggest you ask them to stop doing it outdoors because of your children then do so. Keep a record of every time they do this. Eventually the police would have to act if you keep reporting it.

@StillDancingEvenOnTheRainyDays there's a few support groups you could look at on FB. Stoned Sober is a good one. 😁❤️

@ComeOnThenFanny Yes, over 25 years here. There's a large number of middle aged women who smoke weed quietly.

And it's going to help with menopause symptoms too!