Neighbor smoking weed in public - What to do?

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The car is the same as a dwelling in Colorado. You know they passed that in order to conceal your gun in your car, right? Unintended consequences?

You can now smoke MJ in your open garage, back deck, front porch, etc. The open garage door was challenged and the result was, wait for it, property owners property rights. Thats's a conservative value isn't it?

There are many smells I don't like yet they are perfectly legal. There are many things I don't like yet they are perfectly legal. I'm not going out to change that because I enjoy living in a free society that allows me to do things other's don't like and vice versa.

Freedom comes with some drawbacks. One of those is that people will do things you do not approve yet they're free to do it anyway. You're free to move. Move to another state where MJ is illegal, move to the country on many acres of land that you don't have to see or smell your neighbors. Free to move to the mountains were you don't have to see or smell anyone. Free to join them. I promise it won't kill you and you won't see dragons trying to kill you and you just might like it.

I'm pretty much a Guns, Drugs, and Gays kinda guy. I just like freedom and don't really care what other's do. I also realize I live in a society of many different people who will have different opinions, wants, and needs than I do. I may or may not like those opinions, wants, or needs, but I'll fight to the death to defend those freedoms. Then get on an internet forum and complain about it. Isn't freedom great?

You're missing the most important part of that conservative principle, freedom comes with responsibility, and the responsibility here is NOT putting others in danger by exercising that freedom while driving and thereby putting uninvolved innocents in danger.

I have no problems with people smoking some or honestly doing any drugs they choose, as long as they deal with the responsibilities of those actions, not driving, any health issues that arise due to their uses, financial issues, etc.

Your freedom to be you includes my freedom to be free from you and the repercussions of your choices. When you decide your freedom Trump's mine, we have a problem, and I'll act to balance the scales.

[Jefe's AR]

You're missing the most important part of that conservative principle, freedom comes with responsibility, and the responsibility here is NOT putting others in danger by exercising that freedom while driving and thereby putting uninvolved innocents in danger.

I have no problems with people smoking some or honestly doing any drugs they choose, as long as they deal with the responsibilities of those actions, not driving, any health issues that arise due to their uses, financial issues, etc.

Your freedom to be you includes my freedom to be free from you and the repercussions of your choices. When you decide your freedom Trump's mine, we have a problem, and I'll act to balance the scales.

I'm not missing any points. The OP is mostly upset that he can smell MJ. It also bothers him that neighborhood kids can also smell the MJ. He added the complaint that they sometimes drive off. We have no proof that the driver of that vehicle is in fact under the influence. 1. We don't know if the driver smoked MJ, a cig, a cigar, menthol plants, etc. or anything at all. 2. IF the driver consumed MJ it takes several minutes to a ½ for the effects to start. It's possible the driver hasn't begin to feel the effects before they leave and end at what ever location they're going to. IF the driver consumed MJ, did they consume enough to be legally charged with a DUI? Many folks can drink a beer or two and still be well within the legal driving limits. The real point here is the OP does not like the smell of MJ and he's upset that he has no real control over it. Many of us would feel the same way about this or other similar issues with neighbors. My neighbors just bought his and hers Harleys. My wife isn't too excited because they are noisy. She has to get up very early including weekends and she fears the exhaust noise at the wee hours during the weekends will wake her. Guess what? Not much she can do about it. Yet, she may be affected. You have rights, you don't have the right to not be offended and that's what this thread is really about. The 'safety' issue is just to prop his argument. "what about the kids!".