Smelly Pot
 

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.

How do you know it is illegal? If they have a Florida marijuana license, it is legal.

What makes you think their usage is illegal?

Putting aside the focus on pot, what would you do about smells from cigars, incense, or grilling?

Call the Cops
 

Call the cops. If the users are fined enough times, they will hide their crimes a little better.

We have talked the individuals
 

Because we have already politely talked to the individuals. It did get a little better for a while but now it seems the stinkers have returned with a vengeance. The users aren’t licensed. We know that from other neighborhood group conversation.

Focus on your home…kinda hard to believe it’s a constant issue as I would think they would smoke inside and get the hothouse second hand effect?

I have lived here for 12 years. It is only recently that I have noticed an increase in the usage. I don't really care if someone uses it, but I don't want to smell it anymore than I want to smell cigarette smoke. It is much more invasive and disgusting. Smoke in your own home. And it is illegal so I don't know why nothing is done. Certain bands at the square seem to draw more pot smokers.

At least at the Squares and in public, it is a transitory annoyance as you and/or they walk by. At your home lanai, the stink from that rotten dead skunk smell is not only horrible, it is a health hazard.

We joke about contact buzzes, etc., but this is no different than how people felt in the 80's about cigarette second-hand smoke and look how it is universally agreed upon to be health hazard as well.

As the decades advance and our knowledge grows, we look back at hindsight at what toxicities we exposed ourselves then with casual disregard and realize how foolish we were. That is occurring now with marijuana.

OP has my sympathies.

I don't really want to smell anything, cept maybe good food. Cigars, cigs, pot, perfume. Really irritating sitting in outdoor restaurants that ruin the experience with smelly.

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This was on today's AOL news. Can't disagree. Several of my hs friends that were heavy p-users went on and destroyed their lives with heavier drugs. All dead now; died early.

I agree
 

Totally true. The smell isn’t just an inconvenience, it’s repulsive. The people of Florida have already spoken . It is against the law to use the drug for recreational purposes. If only they made the gummies to taste like the smell.

I can't believe someone who lived Provincetown, isn't immune to it by now :shocked:

Be careful, someone might just quote some statistics for your assertion.

Are gummies the issue? You do know you don't smoke them, right? Seems like gummies should be encouraged as a smell-less alternative to smoking.

The entire reason I voted against recreational usage. I don't care if adults use pot. Not my business.

But I've seen more smoking on the squares. We have a guy in our neighborhood that "wakes and bakes" most every morning. I'm glad I don't live too close. It reeks.

Just like cigarette and cigar smoke, or kimchee or limburger cheese, once I can smell it in my private space, it's a problem. We live too close to each other. Curb it or use edibles if you need it constantly, please.

Trying to change other people's behavior, is a frustrating and often fruitless exercise that will generally leave you more unhappy.

What are some things you could do on your side? Enclose your lanai with double pane glass? Move to a house on a corner so there are fewer neighbors and a larger lot?

Fans by the windows.

Can I get high from second-hand smoke????.................I've been following pot-heads around without any luck.

It would bother me a great deal if we had a heavy tobacco smoking neighbor, but I kinda like the smell of some good bud burning even though my toking days are long behind me.

OP have to say I don’t really notice weed smell south of 44, with the younger residents, compared to when we lived near LSL area, which seemed to be more prevalent.

Sorry weed not an issue for us….but the dollar store perfume that many bath in daily is everywhere. Why does the ne need to be overwhelmed with your cologne in retail, grocery and restaurants. Yesterday I was waiting in line at PO, a gentleman 2 people in front of me scent was so strong it made my eyes water. Two people in front of me moved behind me. I left not worth the headache.

Maybe put out a bunch of wind chimes on your lanai to scare them back to smoking indoors?

The people of Florida have certainly spoken. Well over 50% of the voters voted in favor of recreational cannabis legalization. Unfortunately the bar to pass it was set at 60%, and so the proposal failed.

But the majority WANTED it.

As for the smell - I don't mind the smell of the sticky buds before they're lit, but I'm not a fan of the smell of the smoked product. On the other hand, I am more repulsed by the stench of cigar smoke, which is LEGAL and disgusting. I am not fond of the smell of cigarette smoke but it isn't repulsive. It just makes me wheeze if it wafts up my nose from nearby.

The smell of people wearing too much aftershave or cologne is equally repugnant.

Might as well get use to it pot heads on increase. It’s just too hard to get through day without crutch…:beer3::beer3:

Do the police enforce it anymore?

If you can smell it, you're smoking it. Some % is getting in to your body. Greater the amount you inhale, the greater the effect. That being said, how high do you want to fly?

Oh! I just realized that I LOVE wind chimes. Think they would keep dogs off my lawn?

I need the big "C" in order to function. 3 to 6 mugs of Tim Hortons daily.

It all stinks. 💩

If there is cause to suspect one may be under the influence, I would think so. Same as alcohol, is my guess.

Excess use of "fragrance" is often a sign of poor hygiene.

It's also a sign of loss of the sense of smell. Many people genuinely don't know that they reek, so they keep spraying and spritzing and slapping more cologne onto their skin. Two factors going on with some people:

1. you (generic you, most people, the majority) are naturally desensitized to your own smell. That's whether you're wearing perfume or not. You just really don't know how strong the scent is, to everyone else who comes near you. It's a natural phenomenon.

2. as we age, our sense of smell is reduced. COVID knocked it completely out in a rare few people who lost it when they got sick and never got it back, and all sorts of illnesses can permanently reduce your sense of smell.

So - if you can't smell how strong it is, you're more likely to add more until you can smell it. Because you think it's not strong enough when it's actually overpowering.

To those who might be affected by this - or who wonder if they're the ones people are talking about...try this.

For spray cologne/perfume - spray it up, a few inches in front of your nose and a foot higher than your own height. Immediately duck and step forward so it lands on you. There. That's enough, you smell great.

For non-spray cologne: open the bottle. Hold your palm flat over the opening. Tilt the bottle so the cologne moistens that spot on your palm. Tilt it back and put the bottle down. That tiny bit of moistened palm? That's plenty. Slap both palms together, and pat the nape of your neck, the inside of each wrist, and the small of your back. There. You smell great.

For aftershave: Same as the non-spray cologne, but slap it on your cheeks, and WASH YOUR HANDS to get the excess off.

For perfume OIL (except for patchouli): 1 drop for your entire body. Mix it in with some unscented moisturizer if it helps.

For patchouli OIL: Mix 1 drop with 2 ounces of vegetable oil. Use one drop of THAT over your entire body.

Gummies are so much better. Better than alcohol. No hangover, etc.

At home on your lanai, it's as easy as setting up a fan to blow it back in their direction.

A lot of people around here won’t read the New York Times because they think it has a liberal bias, but it published a long article in October about the results of a number of solid research studies about the dangers of smoking marijuana. For example, lots of frequent users have a lot of problems with nausea. The editorial staff then published a column against national legalization. I was pro-legalization, though I don’t plan to use it, but I changed my mind and voted against it.

The Florida scheme for legalization was mostly about making money off users while keeping it illegal to grow a couple plants in your garden. Oh, and about letting a lot of criminals out of prison so they can open pot shops and clearing their records.

Medical marijuana is not illegal. Do not assume your neighbors or others are breaking the law. The same nuisance from cigars and cigarettes. A large fan to blow the smell back at them?

The people of Florida have spoken 57% voted to legalize it. So the minority has spoken. And Most of what I see is vaping and really not much smell there. So

You bought the propaganda and pot is used to stem nausea in chemo therapy and in sea sickness so think you are believing what you want and not the truth from first hand knowledge.

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Here is the Florida Statues.. I suspect if you can small it they are in violation.

Call the local Sherriff Department.

Yeah, I smell it here and there but not that much. Cigarettes are much more repulsive. Gummies rock. I don't know why anyone would smoke given the health hazards. But same with cigars, cigarettes.

Regarding the smell I'd go with a fan over making enemies of neighbors. Bad neighbors can be a constant stress.

Regarding the legality, I was against back when it was a Massachusetts issue. I'm still against it and my reason is simple. People (including my own adult children) are not using it for an occassional party drug but an all day crutch. When I was a teen I smoked it but it was only on a weekend here and there when we were out partying. Nowadays people are smoking morning noon and night. I think that is a problem.

Not Legal
 

The idea that gardeners were not permitted to grow their own plants tubed the amendment. There would have been enough support for skunk weed to be legal if it was written in the amendment as a right, and not a special interests win for growing licensed investors.

It was an amendment on freedom with the chains caveat.