She sued to stop her neighbor from smoking marijuana and won

[Mosby]

A D.C. judge has ruled that a man who smokes medical marijuana in his apartment must stop after a neighbor complained that the odor from his marijuana crept into her home and caused a nuisance.

Judge Ebony Scott ruled late Monday that while Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd could not prove she is entitled to damages, she successfully made the case that the smell is a private nuisance, and Scott ordered Thomas Cackett to stop smoking. Scott said that Cackett is licensed to buy marijuana but “he does not possess a license to disrupt the full use and enjoyment of one’s land.”

“Indeed, the public interest is best served by eliminating the smoking nuisance and the toxins that it deposits into the air, toxins that involuntary smokers have no choice but to inhale,” Scott wrote in her decision.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/06/06/marijuana-smoke-weed-smell-neighbors/

This was bound to happen, imo.

[jmbar2]

1. Wonderful news!

I was driven out of an apartment by a similar smoking problem 24/7. Couldn't get any help from anyone.

I hope that more cases like this are filed to protect the rights of people who need to breathe clean air.

Thanks for posting.

[brooklynite]

4. Fascinating how much people opposed people smoking tobacco in public...

...but were delighted when marijuana became legal.

[617Blue]

8. Pot smokers don't chain smoke joints

at least I hope they don't. Cigarette smoke from a smoker is virtually nonstop an much more noxious than weed.

[DenaliDemocrat]

16. Marijuana stinks

It’s odor is repulsive.

[ZonkerHarris]

19. That is a highly subjective opinion

[DenaliDemocrat]

24. No it fucking stinks.

You just like the effects. It’s called skunk weed for a reason.

[ZonkerHarris]

32. bulldoze and negate other's opinions much

Glad you feel better Judge

[617Blue]

23. I'm really sensitive to cigarette smoke

but the smell of weed does not bother me. That said I agree w/ the judge here.

[fescuerescue]

27. Same here.

And it dissipates quickly.

[aocommunalpunch]

29. LMAO

Send all of it to my town. We have so many dispos, I don't know how we deal with the rankness of it all. It's a beautiful smell.

[DenaliDemocrat]

30. In all seriousness

There are people whose kink involves defecating. Most normal people would be repulsed.

We have a dedicated pot head at work. Everyone comments how he smells like shit.

Most people think cigarettes stink because- they DO!

I get it - you like getting high. It still stinks.

[aocommunalpunch]

31. Your mileage definitely varies.

Tomayto-tomahto. You give the opinion such little wiggle room that I'll just say I don't speak wrong. Cheers.

[grantcart]

28. Last month I went to a client's home but it turned out

To be the wrong address.

Upon entering I was over come with a thick cloud of Marijuana smoke. Inside were a 30ish couple and 3 kids under the age of 7.

My wife just returned from Thailand (which recently legalized Marijuana):and her sister smoked constantly.

Thailand just had an election which the left wing pro democracy parties won and this left wing coalition unanimously agreed that smoking Marijuana all the time and everywhere was such a problem that they were going to pass laws to restrict it (somehow).

Like most things there are some people who can't do things in moderation. Alcohol, Marijuana, guns, always some that go overboard.

[uncle ray]

17. cannabis users cannot legally smoke in public.

we don't have bars or sections of restaurants thick with smoke, with the exception of the few places established specifically as cannabis consumption venues, which no non cannabis user would patronize anyway. we're not clustered up around the entrances to workplaces, or at our workstations. we are hidden away in our homes, or back by the dumpster so as not to offend the drunks exiting the bar.

so, yes, we celebrate finally being granted the right to choose some of what we put in our own bodies. that doesn't make us hypocrites for not wanting to smell cigarette smoke in public places.

[fescuerescue]

26. Pot smoke doesn't bother me and it seems to disspipate

But cigarette smoke does. It smells for hours afterwards and gets into everything.

If I'm driving down the highway and the person in front of me is smoking, I'll change lanes and try to pass them.

It's that strong.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Nuisance violations are what disrupts neighborhoods too

When authorities fail to mitigate or enforce, suing for a public nuisance is the likely course.

[chowder66]

3. Can I sue to have the 101 freeway moved? How about the car port under my bedroom?

What about people who wear too much perfume/cologne?

How about no parking outside of outdoor restaurants where the exhaust wafts into our faces.

[ColinC]

5. How about cigarette smoking that actually can cause others cancer?

🤷‍♂️

[chowder66]

9. That too!

[617Blue]

6. Siding with the judge here. Having to inhale others' smoke not cool.

[boston bean]

7. But feel free to spread your Covid breath in any public space!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Fuck combustion. Vape dry herb. . . nt

[walkingman]

12. Yep!!

[Ohio Joe]

13. +1

Best way to toke.

[Oneironaut]

25. This!

I can’t stand smoking a blunt. It’s just nasty to me. Same with a bong. I enjoy vaping occasionally, though.

[Blues Heron]

11. dude should have immediately switched to gummies while installing an exhaust fan

This judge basically just outlawed all smoke producing activities - firepits, fireplaces, incense, backyard smokers, bbqs, if the standard is eliminating the smoking nuisance.

[FakeNoose]

22. Yes, or he can move outside the city limits

IMO the judge got it right, but there are jurisdictional limits.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. I have a medical card and I don't have a problem with this. The med

patient can vape or there a hundreds of ways to use concentrates and edibles that don't infringe on your neighbors.

Just because other people do bad things that bother you doesn't mean you have to behave the same way, it doesn't mean you have to be indifferent to the needs of others.

[Celerity]

15. good

he can use edibles

[Hekate]

18. I hope he can find a suitable substitute. As with tobacco -- the smoke travels.

[leftyladyfrommo]

20. I like the smell. nt

[kentuck]

21. Wow! I'm glad my neighbors smoke...

Interesting decision.

[TrotskyistTidings]

33. This gives me hope.

Why do the people that hate cigarette smoke, think it's OK to smoke something that smells like it came from the backside of a skunk and not do it outside?

[BannonsLiver]

34. I hope the dude continues to blaze up.

On edit: Some of the responses in the thread are so DU on brand.