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Originally Posted by DrMack
Has anyone out there figured out a creative way to address the smelly habits of residents who infringe on your home area with their illegal usage of pot? We don’t want to call the cops and have been polite up to this point but the problem seems to be expanding. What’s a great solution to stopping the smell while keeping law enforcement from arresting the culprits.
It really does seem to be an expanding problem that is coming from several places now here in the Villages. We have smelled it about everywhere.
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Personally, I think this goes into the bin labelled "inconveniences I can do nothing about". As far as I am concerned having to deal with the smell of neighbors smoking pot is no more, or less, intrusive than lawn mower sounds, weed whackers, gas blowers, cigarettes and cigar smoke, music, loud talkers, etc. etc. I have chosen to live in a fairly densely populated neighborhood, as opposed to out in the country surrounded by acres of woods, and it's all part of the package.
My strategies usually are limited to going inside, closing my sliders, or putting on some of my own music, while wearing noise cancelling headphones.
The only distinction between these other intrusions and pot smell is the legality issue. But does that really matter? Does it change your effective options? Nah. Not really. It gives you an avenue to escalate the battle, but you won't win it. You'll only make your life more uncomfortable. Unless you enjoy going to battle with neighbors, just remove the "legality-illegality" aspect from the equation and deal with it the same way you'd deal with a legal intrusion into your comfort.
Good luck.