Trouble with neighbours ds

[mrssmith45]

We have recently found out our neighbours ds has been taking and selling drugs. He is 17. Nearly every night at the same time we get a woft of weed in the house as he is smoking it outside our house. I have tried dropping hints to him but he clearly isn't getting the hint. I don't know if I should speak to his parents who we know quite well or speak to the landlord. I have told his parents before I had heard he was doing harder drugs and they didn't seem at all bothered. We have younger children and I don't want them being around it. Am I being unreasonable wanting to do something about it? It's really annoying me as I hate anything like that especially around our children. I don't want to cause a rift as we are a very small community.

I knew 3 people unconnected people from back when we were young who ended up with severe mental health issues as a result of smoking weed, they were not unwell before that and the dangers should not be minimised. I wouldn't expect a teenager to listen to that, but I would politely ask him every time to smoke elsewhere. In fact I did with my old neighbour's teenager, though that was cigarettes right under open windows. You don't need to have a barney, just "Hi John, we can smell your weed and have little kids here, please would you smoke much further away from the house. Thank you very much."

What is it you don't see @LaetitiaASD?

Perhaps legalisation would allow better studies. These people with horrendous mental health issues - did they smoke because of the issues, or develop the issues because of the smoke, or is there no correlation?

These people are normal every day people. They started to smoke for many and varied reasons.

Legislation? What do you mean bylegalisation would allow better studies There is legislation and studies into the effects of various forms of marijuana have been ongoing for decades!

Personally I believe weed - including strong skunk - is pretty much fine. The problems are mainly about smoking it when young (under 16, under 18), or smoking when you are vulnerable mentally and ti pushes you over the edge.

Unfortunately your personal opinion isn't backed up by those research studies.

Having it illegal when tobacco and booze are legal is insane.

And?

Criminalizing things really should be a last resort.

But it is the society we live in. How far would you take that. Prison abolition?

If you really cared about kids you'd advocate for legalisation to free up police time to go after those selling to kids

Piss off telling me that I don't really care! You have absolutely no fucking idea! Absolutely none! About me. About the true state of research, legislation etc etc.