Neighbour smoking weed - what would you do

[Flopsy145]

We're on a new build road and one of the residents in the middle of the lane is constantly outside the front of his house smoking weed in his work van, I personally hate the smell and if our windows are open it gets in as he's only 2 doors down from us. I and another neighbour have young babies and yesterday he was outside smoking weed while I was getting her in the pram and it just stank. I'd say it happens several times a day.
One of our neighbours has suggested reporting to our developer who manages the road, another friend said to report to his work as he smokes in his work van. This would be anonymous but I'm sure he would figure it out.
But none of that sits right with me and I'm considering just going up to him next time he's out smoking and politely asking him to do it elsewhere, but then if it goes poorly that's then a potentially quite awkward relationship established.
Or do I just leave it even though it really is bothering us and the surrounding houses
So essentially asking wwyd.
If it makes a difference he's in rented, I'm shared ownership and the other houses are just owned.
Yabu - leave it, you don't want to make it awkward
Yanbu - say something directly to him or escalate to the developer

I have a similar problem . We recently moved into a new build. We all moved in With in a few days or so of each other. But my neighbour smokes weed in their garden. And when our patio doors /windows are open it comes into my living room. In my case I would rather they did smoke it at the front. As no one spends time on their front. People are in the back gardens children playing. As I said doors /windows open abd the jell coming in.

I think council would just ignore and do nothing. So no point reporting. Then I don't want to cause bad vibes as I most likely have to love here foe pretty much life.

Sorry op not helpful for you . But I 100^ understand why your so fed up with it .

One of our neighbours regularly drives under the (major) influence of weed.

Several of us have "grassed" him to Police - it is a total waste of time, the Police could not give less of a fuck.

What about sending an anonymous letter?

We have a similar issue. Next door neighbour smokes, or possibly grows, the stuff and it absolutely reeks. The thick sickly stench would be so bad that it permeated the adjoining walls coming through our bathroom, downstairs hallway and utility room. Every single day. Sometimes it would come through open upstairs windows and into our bedroom.. it would make me feel sick. During and afterwards, he would go out driving his van, have his kids around and people calling all times of evening.

Lately we haven't smelled it so much, not on a daily basis as we used to, but recently it has been rather potent which makes me think he could be growing it as apparently the flowers smell really strong when the plants are mature? Unless he's smoking something which really stinks.. skunk.. at all hours??

We both rent and we've mentioned this to our landlord (who also mentioned it to the neighbour's landlord as they're relatives) but nothing has been done. His place is an absolute tip with dog faeces everywhere, the occasional rat. The area's a decent place to live if you look at all the other houses, mostly privately owned, but this house and tenant is the absolute single exception here and I can't understand why the landlord wants to keep someone in his property who lives like this except for greedy £££. A shame as there are plenty of decent folk looking for somewhere to rent who wouldn't live in such despicable conditions.

Suffice to say, we're hopefully moving into our own house in a couple of months so we're not going to take this matter further but we will mention it again to the landlord. You could report this to the police but to be honest.. there is probably little they will do and as a neighbour you're no doubt concerned about any recriminations if your neighbour learned you were the one who reported him. Maybe just have a quiet word with him and see if that improves things. Otherwise, you may also have to consider moving as a last resort. You have my empathy.

My husband shouted over the fence once and our neighbours have never done it knowingly to us since, in fact we got a bunch of flowers and an apology on the doorstep!

Smells don’t harm babies - or anyone else for that matter.

Just ask him. Most weed smokers don't want others bothered by it.

A stake out! 🤣🤣🤣

oh joy....he drives after smoking weed and nobody has reported him to the police. Would you have turned a blind eye if you had seen him drinking from a whisky bottle before driving off?

He could kill someone. You live on an estate where there are children I presume, how would you feel seeing him plowing into them whilst under the influence?

Weed is an absolute bloody scourge where I live. I can’t open the kids bedroom windows in the summer cos the people 2 doors down are constantly puffing away in the garden. People smoking it at the bus stop, in the kiddies playground etc….
If he seems like a reasonable guy just have a chat however I have found that has never made the slightest difference- this is antisocial behaviour and they don’t give a shit about anyone else. Good luck

Just have a word with him about it.

I'd report him to work. I reported someone driving their sign-written work van that was following me to work one day. They spent the entire journey talking on their phone, texting and taking selfies. The company was very grateful to have been told.

Smoking excessive amounts of weed while in a company vehicle is not only illegal from the smoking front, but there's also a chance if he's doing it that much that he's over the drug driving limit and could lose his licence completely. Extract from a solicitors website:

"England and Wales have a zero-tolerance approach to drug driving. This means you cannot operate a vehicle in a public place while you have illegal drugs in your system. This applies, even if you do not feel impaired.

When it comes to cannabis, it could be argued that it is not strictly a zero-tolerance approach, as drivers are actually allowed two micrograms of THC per litre of blood. However, this is really a very small amount. In fact, merely being exposed to cannabis smoke could push you over the legal limit.

If you are caught driving with more than two micrograms of THC per litre of blood, you could be charged with drug driving. More specifically, you will be charged with operating a vehicle while unfit through drugs. This carries a range of potential penalties, including:

• A 12-month driving ban
• A fine
• A six-month prison sentence
• An endorsement on your licence for up to 11 years"

Unfortunately if he loses his job it means he's likely to spend more time at home smoking weed, so it might not actually resolve your issue!

I watch some of the TV programmes like "Motorway Cops", etc, and if I remember rightly, cannabis stays in the system for longer than alcohol, so with this guy smoking regularly, I suspect his test would light up like a Christmas tree!

I just wanted to add that it's not always easy just to talk to someone about things like this. You don't know if their reaction would be totally fine and reasonable or if you end up with a slap and years of harassment.