Can smell weed from the neighbours, will LO be ok?

[xbabybumpx]

To be fair, it's legal in Canada to smoke weed correct? I just know back home when you want to have some fun and get high, Canada is the place people go. So the views on this are going to vary wildly.

No it's not legal. You will not get charged (usually) for having some for just you, but if you have enough to sell, or are growing, or selling...then you will get charged. It is NOT legal in Canada. That is a myth. I guess the difference here is that I do work for a place where I probably wouldn't if I agreed with that behaviour.

Here is a quote regarding Canada's law on it:

Cannabis is a sticky issue. Fluctuating severity of enforcement, constant political babble, and increasing social acceptability have many Canadians confused as to what can happen when they light up.

Prohibition

“The current laws in Canada are prohibition,” explains Larsen, who is one of Canada’s most active drug policy reform advocates. “The only real change recently has been that medical marijuana has opened up quite a bit. About 2,000 Canadians now have permission to grow and possess marijuana for medicinal uses.”

The use of marijuana for recreational use, however, is a different story.

According to the RCMP, currently possession under 30 grams of marijuana in most circumstances is known as a “summary conviction offense,” meaning, no criminal record, fingerprints, or jail time; all of which is subject to the discretion of a judge.

More severe penalties can be prescribed for amounts over 30 grams, or if possession is enhanced by the presence of significant amounts of cash, individually-packaged “dime bags,” scales, or lists of money owed: this charge is known as possession for the purpose of trafficking and carries a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison.

No mandatory minimum sentences currently exist in Canada for drug offenses.

I truly never knew that.

I've never touched drugs in my life. I wouldn't even know what weed smelled like if I came across it. Maybe I'm naive but I think if someone's OH wants to smoke pot during his downtime, than that's between him and his wife.

With the OP, you moved your LO and that's all you could really do. I, personally would've called the police but I don't know the policies there. Here, I can call anonymously and no one would know it was me doing the calling.

i dont know what weed smells like either but i presume its one of them smells you'll just 'know' iykwim lol. btw your daughter is a stunner

 

[trumpetbum]

in my eyes drugs are a big deal,be it weed or not. I think alot of people in here are totaly in deniel about the affects of weed. I dont care if you smoke it once a day,Month or year. And as for people that say the baby would be fine if she could smell it,dont even get me started. I would absolutely phone the police as things like this arent usually a one off

Totally agree. I think that the people who are in fabour here, seem to be the ones who are doing it. LOL! I guess if I did it too, I would want to defend my behaviour. It's a drug, it's illegal, and imo, it's wrong...and according to the law, it is too.

I don't do it... I don't know how many times I need to say that... I DO NOT DO IT. My OH does.

I'm not in 'denial' either. You have your opinion, to which you have offended many before with... and I have mine. I'm NOT saying she should have her baby around it, I'm NOT saying it's good for someone. I'm saying she shouldn't worry about her LO at the moment as it wouldn't have hurt her or anything. I think a lot of you are making it seem like they were/are junkies next door and were trying to poke her with a dirty needle for crying out loud. Alcohol is more harmful than marijuana and how many of you drink occasionally? Drink Coffee, are very overweight from foods, smoke cigs? It's basically the same thing.

To those who smoke... smoking outside doesn't stop the smoke from going around your baby, it sits in your clothes, hair, lungs and you still end up having it around your baby one way or another... (again, my OH smokes, I'm not against people who do).

Oh like I said, I don't do it. I did when I was younger, lol... but not since high school. I do believe it can cause serious harm, some people lose all motivation and respect for people, it can be a gateway drug etc... but it isn't that way for everyone. My OH and I have been together happily for 6 years and have a very loving, honest, open, strong relationship He doesn't smoke it 10 times a day, and sometimes goes weeks without it... but he will do it and I personally don't see anything wrong with him doing it. He is also a great daddy who helps me with everything and anything. He would come home, cook, clean and take care of the kids (all in an awesome mother like way) so I could sleep if I wanted. He isn't perfect but he is pretty darn close to it and I know in our relationship it wouldn't be the marijuana that ended it, if it did ever end, which I doubt since we have made it through one of the toughest times we will ever face and came out stronger than ever. He would also quit if I asked him to...but I don't feel it's my place to tell him what he can and can't do, since it isn't effecting our lives in a negative way, or hurting anyone

It won't become an issue with us (not saying it wouldn't with others) but I don't care... it isn't around my children, not even kept in our home, like I said if he does it, he isn't the ones dealing with the children and they are in bed. He won't handle our LO at all when he smokes it... and he is okay with it and doesn't become defensive at all. I would much rather see him smoke the occasional joint than cigs (because of the toxins) or drink, or abuse me or my children, or be an absent father, etc... I don't complain about him very much... I have a good one

I know other people who smoke it too, but not around their children... and I know some people who think its fine to smoke it around children. I dont think children should be exposed to it, but I don't believe it should be looked at so negatively. It does have benefits and I believe when not around children and in moderation it's not terrible. Again, I don't/wouldn't do it, but that's just me and I don't/wouldn't judge someone for doing it on occasion and safely without children around etc... It just depends. Everyone has their own opinions on things like this, which is understandable.. I have my own things I feel very strongly about which other might find wrong/bad/weird/ etc... lol To each their own.

Just curious to know what the benefits of smoking drugs is??

cannabis has natural pain relieving qualities and in small amounts helps with nausea. It also can help with insomnia.

Pain relieving qualities - Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Morphine, Aspirin, Naproxen
Nausea - Mints, Ginger Tea, Milk
Insomnia - Melatonin, Valerian

And all completely legal.. So what's the excuse. IMO (and nobody has to agree with me) It's irresponsible & the "benefits" in NO WAY out weigh the negatives.

If that other stuff worked so well, it would be being used for patients with HIV and cancer patients. It's medically prooven to work better, as some people with cancer are TOO SICK to eat/drink anything and smoking something stays in their system even while vommiting... so your mints/teas/ginger and milk would be back on the floor or in the toilet, hmm works well doesn't it? You do not have to like it, agree with it etc... but disputing scientific evidence is just silly... and yes, the sky is green too and the earth is flat... lol

My neighbours son very occasionally smokes weed, he even vomited in my front garden the other week. Usually he aims for his flower beds (me and my husband have watched him a couple of times) because he seems to be sick every time he smokes the bloody stuff but he partially missed this time and some landed on our side He always smokes it at the front of the house and in the middle of the night, Jessica's room is at the back so it hasn't really concerned me his business and all that but it is illegal and he did puke on my garden. If he does it again me and my husband are going to speak to his dad, hopefully that'll put an end to it

I wouldn't want our neighbor smoking it and throwing up in my yard either, and yes, I would talk to his parents. It could be dangerous in other ways too, especially with teens who are less aware of their actions and don't usually think as clearly.

I don't think I should feel like I need to defend my OH for smoking a joint. My OP was just to help the OP not worry so much and help correct the sterotype towards people who do occasionally smoke a joint.

since when are cancer patients given cannibis to help with their pain. My uncle had cancer a dddew times and he died last year from it and he certainly was not given cannibis for pain releif,he was given morphine. if he couldint eat or was being sick he was put on a drip. They may give cannibis to cancer patients in your country but they do not in the uk

Sativex??? nabilone??

Of course prescription of the former depends on your GP, or specialist (can be prescribed on a named patient basis), PCT and HCP, and of course whether you can pay privately but to say it is not given to cancer patients in the UK at all is wrong. It just isn't prescribed as a half ounce of skunk or widely available as yet being only very recently approved by NICE in the UK for MS related pain .
Considering the evidence regarding canniboids/cannabis related medications such as Sativex regarding cancer pain relief, (fairly recent trials of a cannabis mouth spray also took place in Edinburgh with cancer patients not helped by opiates such as morphine) appetite and the side effects of opioids maybe we should be asking WHY it isn't routinely prescribed in the UK, not rubbishing it's use.
It is not uncommon for cancer sufferers to make use of street cannabis either. I can assure you. I'd also like to see MS sufferers take on neuropathic pain and the statement 'what's the excuse' regarding paracetamol and other listed pain relief
I apologise though that this post has naff all to do with the OP. Just the discussion of pain relief sparked my interest

 

[Dopeyjopey]

I'd rather get arrested for growing weed for personal pain relief than take morphine. It makes me itch like crazy, i hallucinate and vomit A LOT.

 

[BlackBerry25]

Same here. I have chronic back pain, and I would rather not be dependant on prescription pain killers.

 

[xbabybumpx]

I'd rather get arrested for growing weed for personal pain relief than take morphine. It makes me itch like crazy, i hallucinate and vomit A LOT.

i thought smoking weed can make you vomit?? if i was in pain i would just pinch a bottle of the old gas and air!! xx

 

[AppleBlossom]

I don't think she is in any immediate harm but I still wouldn't be happy that I could smell it

 

[Dopeyjopey]

I'd rather get arrested for growing weed for personal pain relief than take morphine. It makes me itch like crazy, i hallucinate and vomit A LOT.

i thought smoking weed can make you vomit?? if i was in pain i would just pinch a bottle of the old gas and air!! xx

In small quantities it actually quells nausea. If you have too much it can make you sick!

 

[RainbowDrop_x]

My BIL has RSD which is something to do with nerves and the way they behave and he's on about 20 odd prescription drugs a day and smokes weed to help him sleep and don't get me wrong his a lovely bloke, love him to bits but he never seems "all there" iykwim.

That could be something to do with all the prescribed drugs his on aswell I don't know. I personally don't agree with it but each to their own

 

[EmmaMarch2010]

I have this exact problem with neighbours below us. The smell is so pungent and consumes our whole flat, its a horrible smell that I do not want polluting my home environment so we've had to speak to them on numerous occassions to close their windows. Not sure if it has immediate effects on health by passively inhaling it, but I find the smell itself very offensive so that alone would make me want to have a word with them.

 

[zenmommy526]

The way the media makes marijuana out to be is bad. So much scientific research has been done and so many people strongly believe in its healing powers. The government isn't so quick to say "Oh we fucked up, it really isn't that bad afterall"...cause honestly how often does the government admit they messed up?

If everyone thinks "the government said it was bad and now they are saying its good, what else are they misinterpreting and wrong about....?"

The reason the government (or at least the U.S.) isn't quick to try to market marijuana is because its not taxable for them. They know pretty much anyone who has access to some seeds can grow it, unlike cigarettes or alcohol. How many people are gonna grow their own tobacco and roll it up into cigarettes or ferment their own wine? Not alot of people, making it much easier to just go to the store and purchase it and therefore more money in the goverments penny bank.

I think we can all agree on the fact pot shouldn't be used around children.

As far as marijuana making you vomit. If you consumed marijuana by eating it, you could possibly vomit. But just smoking it can relieve nausea.

In the U.S. there have been over 100,000 deaths alcohol related, 0 deaths related to marijuana.

All of the lovely over the counter prescriptions listed can relieve pain, but you can also overdose on them making them fatal.
In order to overdose on marijuana you would have to CONSUME more then 300 grams in one sitting, which is pretty much never gonna happen.

Yes there are some moms are here in favor of pot, but we are all great mommies and still put our children first in life. Not skitzophrenic, uneducated dope smokers....

 

[Little_Roo]

I'm from the uk, my dad suffers with ms and other illnesses. He takes 28 tablet a day to keep him alive. He tried weed once but it didn't agree with him. It was suggested to him by a few members of the ms society. He is a honest, kind caring man and just wanted to see if it helped before taking anymore prescription drugs. He is a law abiding citizen who wanted to try something herbal (which cannabis is) before something with a shocking amount of side effects. Not only that but many medications counter act with his other meds.

I would hate to think that when he tried it he lived by one if the people who are so adamant ringing the police would be the correct option. If the smell had have bothered anyone and they let him know he would certainly have arranged to smoke it else where and would be mortified if he new it ment disturbing a baby. But of course that is if it had agreed with him and he wanted to use it again, which it did not. Lol.

 

[aob1013]

Regardless i would definately call the police. It's illegal in this country, and weed is a drug. And i sure as hell don't want drugs around my baby

 

[Celesse]

I'd be calling the council if one of my neighbours had cannabis smoke coming into my flat. And if we weren't in a coucil flat then it would be the landlord / housing association. And if we or they owned then it would have to be the police.

 

[Eve]

I truely hope none of your loved ones need it someday, would be such a shame to disown your own family over pot...

 

[aob1013]

I hope so too. I don't associate myself with people that do drugs, so yes i wouldn't be in contact with them. I don't want to be around people on self destruct mode, which is what drugs will eventually do.

 

[xbabybumpx]

I truely hope none of your loved ones need it someday, would be such a shame to disown your own family over pot...

nobody needs cannibis,unless their addicted. i have not known one person to take pot cos their in pain. if your child is ever in pain when they are older are you going to give them pot instead of paracetomal? if you think cannibis is ok and acceptable,what kind of example are you going to be to your child? your supposed to bring kids up telling them drugs,including cannnibis is wrong. if you tell your child cannibis is wrong then your being a hypocrite so you cant really win can you

 

[smokey]

Legal or not its not nice, its a vile discusting smell and the best thing to do is to move your baby away from the area even if it is just smell better safe then sorry.

We had the same sort of probem a few months ago, our next door neighbor kept sitting out on the balcony smoking it and because his was only a few feet away from ours the smoke and smell filled the living room and I had to shut all the doors and windows and put LO in the bedroom, this was happening about 4-5 times a day.

I phoned my housing association and they involved enviromental health and the police and basicly threatened to evict him if he didnt stop.

And to those saying the smell cant make LO sick yes it can in some cases, my LO was violantly sick from it and ended up in hospital from being sick so much with it and thats why my HV, dr and enviromental health got involved

 

[xbabybumpx]

Legal or not its not nice, its a vile discusting smell and the best thing to do is to move your baby away from the area even if it is just smell better safe then sorry.

We had the same sort of probem a few months ago, our next door neighbor kept sitting out on the balcony smoking it and because his was only a few feet away from ours the smoke and smell filled the living room and I had to shut all the doors and windows and put LO in the bedroom, this was happening about 4-5 times a day.

I phoned my housing association and they involved enviromental health and the police and basicly threatened to evict him if he didnt stop.

And to those saying the smell cant make LO sick yes it can in some cases, my LO was violantly sick from it and ended up in hospital from being sick so much with it and thats why my HV, dr and enviromental health got involved

thank you. its about time someone came on and gave the facts instead of saying cannabis doesint do any harm xxx

 

[Janiepops]

I've been following this thread, and would agree that I would move my baby away from the smell, and would also go round to my neighbours and try sort it out. I hate the smell of smoke, cigarette or cannabis, and a baby should not have to breathe it in. If you can smell it then it's in the air. If they refused to come to an agreement, then yes, I would get the authorities involved, but only as a last resort. My baby's health comes first.

I am not against cannabis smokers, however, and I do strongly believe in its medical benefits for some people. Would you sit and watch a member of your family suffer, when nothing else helped, because you think they'll go into self distruct mode?!?!?! I think this is very selfish. I know people, who are professionals, and smoke weed, have done for years...and guess what - they hold down their jobs, don't take heroin, rarely have days off, and lead a normal happy life! I also know a MS sufferer whos life has been made better smoking it. They aint on a path to self-destruction either. What about drink? I think that destroys more lives than pot, but it's a good taxable drug isn't it.

Anyways, I'll get shot down for saying that but I really don't care.

 

[RainbowDrop_x]

Legal or not its not nice, its a vile discusting smell and the best thing to do is to move your baby away from the area even if it is just smell better safe then sorry.

We had the same sort of probem a few months ago, our next door neighbor kept sitting out on the balcony smoking it and because his was only a few feet away from ours the smoke and smell filled the living room and I had to shut all the doors and windows and put LO in the bedroom, this was happening about 4-5 times a day.

I phoned my housing association and they involved enviromental health and the police and basicly threatened to evict him if he didnt stop.

And to those saying the smell cant make LO sick yes it can in some cases, my LO was violantly sick from it and ended up in hospital from being sick so much with it and thats why my HV, dr and enviromental health got involved

thank you. its about time someone came on and gave the facts instead of saying cannabis doesint do any harm xxx

. Completely agree bump.. Ok maybe it does have "healing" propities but if it was that "acceptable" you'd be able to walk into boots an buy a 10 bag...& if you could the government would be laughing on the amount they could tax it, like they do with alcohol/cigarettes...There a REASON it is ILLEGAL ..