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Selfish cannabis smokers wafting smell in home

60 replies

Hdlll · 28/06/2025 21:33

Neighbour invited some friends or family over. They are in back yard smoking cannabis which is wafted into my bedroom. Got nothing else but to close window.

Never spoke to the neighbour since he moved in 8 years ago.

OP posts:
NeilDiamondsBlowDry · 28/06/2025 21:38

Same with barbecue smoke OP

TinyTempest · 28/06/2025 21:39

Can you ask them to move to another part of the garden/change from wind direction?

Jc2001 · 28/06/2025 21:42

Hdlll · 28/06/2025 21:33

Neighbour invited some friends or family over. They are in back yard smoking cannabis which is wafted into my bedroom. Got nothing else but to close window.

Never spoke to the neighbour since he moved in 8 years ago.

If this was the first time in 8 years I'd probably just let it go.

Elbowpatch · 28/06/2025 21:43

I don’t think those that smoke the stuff appreciate how much it stinks. In a bad way.

I don’t mind the smell of barbecues.

suburburban · 28/06/2025 21:46

I smell it everywhere nowadays, seems to be more and more

Maddy70 · 28/06/2025 22:16

I'm sure you don't make any noise or annoy them in any way.....

It's all part of living in a community

Overtheatlantic · 28/06/2025 22:18

My ndn does this sometimes and I just get a bit stoned and drift off to sleep. When life gives you lemons…

shellyleppard · 28/06/2025 22:20

Same, some bloke walks past our garden and the stench....🤢🤢🤢

Coldtoesinthebed · 28/06/2025 22:22

If everything has been fine for 8 years I would just let it go, if it’s a new partner or friend (if ndn) who continues to do it I would laugh it off with mate do that at the other end of the garden and if that didn’t work I would at that stage be pissy (it’s not for me, and I HATE the cat piss smell it gives off so do get your annoyance but at this stage try and keep the bigger picture of an easy life in mind) x

tillyandmilly · 28/06/2025 22:24

I hate the smell of cannabis- it’s everywhere now! Yuk!!

PuzzledPieces · 28/06/2025 22:30

This is why it needs to be legalized. Since we legalized it here (I’m not in the UK) in 2012, I have barely noticed it. It’s no more harmful than alcohol so I don’t see why more places don’t legalize it.

Fundayout2025 · 28/06/2025 22:30

Hdlll · 28/06/2025 21:33

Neighbour invited some friends or family over. They are in back yard smoking cannabis which is wafted into my bedroom. Got nothing else but to close window.

Never spoke to the neighbour since he moved in 8 years ago.

Never spoke to your neighbour in 8 years?wtf? Are you that antisocial?

Notsosure1 · 28/06/2025 22:35

Overtheatlantic · 28/06/2025 22:18

My ndn does this sometimes and I just get a bit stoned and drift off to sleep. When life gives you lemons…

Love this 😂

Elbowpatch · 29/06/2025 00:27

PuzzledPieces · 28/06/2025 22:30

This is why it needs to be legalized. Since we legalized it here (I’m not in the UK) in 2012, I have barely noticed it. It’s no more harmful than alcohol so I don’t see why more places don’t legalize it.

Edited

Does legalising it get rid of its foul smell?

How?

NeilDiamondsBlowDry · 29/06/2025 01:16

@Elbowpatch good question 🤣🤣🤣 this place is comedy gold at times

Sunshineandrainbow · 29/06/2025 01:18

Elbowpatch · 29/06/2025 00:27

Does legalising it get rid of its foul smell?

How?

No but there is so much of it you become immune to the smell

Maddy70 · 29/06/2025 06:12

Elbowpatch · 29/06/2025 00:27

Does legalising it get rid of its foul smell?

How?

I also live in a country where it's legalised. I rarely smell it as users have associations to smoke in, it's a social club where you can buy and consume so far less gathering in gardens

LynetteScavo · 29/06/2025 06:16

I don’t mind the smell, but it is very potent and not something you’d want lingering on your curtains. Nicely have a word with your neighbours
tomorrow, OP, just to let them know and hopefully they’ll be more considerate in future.

EsmeSusanOgg · 29/06/2025 06:26

NeilDiamondsBlowDry · 28/06/2025 21:38

Same with barbecue smoke OP

Weed is usually for longer and more unpleasant a smell (at least to me. Makes me nauseous).

Mermaidsarereal · 29/06/2025 11:24

It's so annoying, it absolutely stinks but it seems like 90% of the British population smokes it now! Keep your windows shut and fan on to keep cool.

bythefireplace · 29/06/2025 11:30

the worst is smelling it when people are driving. I don’t really have any objection to people doing whatever they want at home but I really don’t think it’s a good thing to do when driving

Hdlll · 29/06/2025 11:31

I have tried to talk to him and he doesn't respond.

OP posts:
NeilDiamondsBlowDry · 29/06/2025 12:55

@EsmeSusanOgg someone said it smelled to them Like cat pee but to me it smells like dog poo

Lookuptotheskies · 29/06/2025 12:59

I have a household next door where both adults in the house smoke it. Sometimes they're out in the back garden every single hour of the day and late into the evening lighting up. It absolutely stinks so strongly it gives me a headache! 🤢😡

I don't want to breathe it in, and I don't want my kids breathing it in either. 😔

If you've a neighbour who smokes it they're stinking your house out a lot more often than a BBQ smell would bother you, and it lingers a lot longer!

Lookuptotheskies · 29/06/2025 12:59

OP if you've not spoken to them in 8 years (how?!) and it was the guests smoking not the residents I'd leave it be. Yes I'd be annoyed but it's not all the time.