Eating salad..cool..selling it not cool? What are you. Twelve?
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My neighbor is selling weed
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Eating salad..cool..selling it not cool? What are you. Twelve?
ThankYouDaletech
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Is it straight edge GAF or "Concrete thinking dorks who really bought into D.A.R.E" GAF?
While I believe the OP should call the cops should he feel that fucking righteous. I agree that if you were to simply talk to the dude he will definitely eliminate that smell ASAP and be very appreciative of you telling him about the problem. So, discounted weed!!!
So make your move OP. +10 paragon for calling the cops. +5 renegade for informing him of the smell and a 10-50% discount on weed.
aHebrewMenagerie
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You should blackmail him and get all of his drug monies.
Here now, I'm not saying calling the cops is the right thing to do, but all GAFers are entitled to their own opinion. I can see from all your recent posts in this thread that you are clearly for weed etc.
Well some other people might not be, and it doesn't mean you have to prove them wrong with that morality etc. etc.
The issue is not always so simple as weed is not harmful to anyone. OP has to think about his safety and the safety of his family as well, and even though I don't have a family, I can appreciate that.
FeedMeAStrayCat
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I hadn't considered the potential discount on weed. GO FOR IT, OP.
Really? It makes perfect sense. I imagine most people wouldn't want to live next door to someone who's selling illegal anything. Not everyone who smokes weed is a "super chill brah who's like totally cool, man.". I sure as shit wouldn't want to live in a neighborhood with that kind of traffic, much less raise a family in one.
OP, I'd talk to the dude about the smell in a non-confrontational way.
notworksafe
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nvm changed wording
Alligatorjandro
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Just hope no one tries to rob him and starts shooting
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
PuSsies are cats
ThreePiMatt
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Why is calling someone a "pussy" a gendered insult?
Ninja Scooter
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because a pussy is a vagina. You are calling someone a vagina and basically saying "you are a scared little girl"
notworksafe
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Using female anatomy to imply weakness. Tsk tsk. Now who's the scumbag?
It wasn't meant as a gendered insult, but I changed it to prevent any other confusions. Thank you for catching me on that.
Point still stands: Weed dealers are usually cowards.
Not bothering him? He's smoking enough that it makes it smell around his neighborhood. That's bothersome. Not all of us love the smoke of Marijuana, so fuck off with your "deal with it" mentality.
Valid point. If the dude's a scumbag and brings shady activity to the residence then by all do means call the police. Otherwise mind your business.
ThreePiMatt
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notworksafe
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Was mostly trying to save you from yourself. As for the coward part, I can't blame them. Jail sucks...and all for a plant.
Most of us are not saying deal with it. We are saying be an adult and talk to someone before accusing him to the police and most likely sending him to jail without knowing anything about him.
Messofanego
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I'm straight edge (don't even drink coffee/tea), but what people are saying here sounds so passive aggressively stupid. Just go talk to the guy. "Hey man, the weed smell is really bothering me and my family. Can you close the windows?"
"No probs, brother."
Schweinehund
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Smell of pot is terrible, ask him about it.
notworksafe
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Well this is unexpected! Hoisted by my own trolling petard!
I wouldnt need to know shit about him to be annoyed with him having my yard/house smell like pot. OP can talk to him or talk to police, his choice. But either way is the OP's right.
Honestly that is what will most likely happen. You don't know alot of stoners do you?
OriginalNameGuy
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Some of you are being a little dramatic. I don't think the OP will be harmed because he talks to this guy about a smell.
Did you ever know anyone that actually sold weed? I don't mean your buddy that sells some of his stash, I mean the guys that do it a bit more seriously. I did. Sure, weed is mostly harmless and everyone i knew that smoked it was just some dumb college kid, but do you know the kinds of people the dealer associates with? That is not a situation I would feel comfortable with leaving be next door to me. That shit is straight up scary. No fucking thanks.
yep.
Stoners avoid drama at all costs so that's exactly what would happen.
Legendary_Red
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OP has demonstrated reasonable doubt through a number of observations and is within his full civic rights to contact the police. He doesn't need to talk to his sketchy neighbor with his obnoxious drug habit that is shitting up the smell of his home.
If he is drug dealer then he is also someone who is stupid enough to roll down the windows and smoke his shit, letting everyone around him know what is going on. I can't imagine how anyone would want such a person living right next door to them and their family.
ThreePiMatt
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notworksafe
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Also, I had to look up with "hoisted by my own petard" meant.
And now I feel old. This thread is just nothing but ups and downs
Legendary_Red
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I don't even think weed is bad at all, but no way in hell would I ever want me or my family to be right next door to someone who appears to be running a sketchy pot house.
Call the cops or tell him you can smell the weed and notice unusual activity with cars arriving and leaving. Any good dealer would thank you for pointing out what can be drawing attention to his operation and he should give you a few ounces for being cool. A bad dealer will kill you.
I'm also a pothead and have killed around 10,000 people.
I'm also a pothead and have killed around 10,000 people.
jim-jam bongs
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I'd say just talking with him about it first is the best option, and not being threatening just neighbourly. He may not even be dealing, in which case if you called the cops you'd have the police raiding some stoner's house just because you were too lazy or gormless to speak with your neighbour.
Yes as a matter of fact. I have and still do. I respect the thought that you dont want someone dabbling in illegal activity close to your home but cmon son. There's a world of difference between a pot dealer and a coke dealer.
Keru_Shiri
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I think what a lot of folks don't realize is that there's a huge gulf between the college-freshman hippie and the hardened meth-slingers and what not. There's a sizable population that has (or had at one point, usually stops when they settle down and have kids) smoked while holding steady jobs and not causing any noise. A lot of white-collar job people also, FWIW. Just because OP's neighbor isn't obvously a peace-loving college hippie kid doesn't automatically make him or his clientele automatically dangerous, its usually quite the opposite since they want to keep a low profile.
All this to say: I'd be surprised if a polite face-to-face request doesn't get him to tone down the smell.
All this to say: I'd be surprised if a polite face-to-face request doesn't get him to tone down the smell.
Captain Tuttle
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Going by your posts in this thread you should probably start smoking some more. Calm down.
If I was in the OP's shoes I would probably go over when I saw the guy pull into his driveway, introduce myself and comment on a "strange smell" or something in the neighborhood. Kind of act innocent but complain. Ask him if he smells it. Or something.
I wouldn't call the cops though.
Legendary_Red
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How can you be so sure that weed is the only thing he is dealing though? This dude is clearly running a drug house that is at least selling some pot, but might be dealing with other harder stuff. Then you have to think about his clients and the sorts of things that they are involved with.
Of course there is the possibility that this drug guy knows what he is doing and that nothing will ever happen, but if it were me and my family I would not be taking that risk, would you?
No joke. I'm jealous as fuck.
Way to escalate.
Can't approach every situation expecting worst case scenario and acting upon that. "His house smells like weed" shouldn't lead to a train of thought of thinking he serves white out the crib. That's too assuming, and most likely a wrong assumption.
I can't and thats a good point. But I do know people who sell strictly pot and who are harmless and until i see dudes rolling up in black suv's with sub machine guns I wouldn't throw a bitch fit over it. One of my current neighbors of over ten years sells and smokes and the first floor of my building smells like a pot farm but guess what? Hes cool as fuck and there's no black helicopters hovering over my building. Point being if the person in question is bringing in a dangerous element fuck yea say something. If not mind your business.
StrangeADT
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Grow up. Nobody in their right mind wants a dealer right next door, even people that smoke it.
You guys don't get it.
Weed dealers might be fairly harmless, but the higher up you go in the chain the badder the dudes get.
Your typical guy selling you a bag here and there? Yeah, he's probably not too scary. The guy that he gets his shit from? The dude that drives around with fucking bricks of pot in his trunk? (I knew one of these guys, was the assistant pro at the country club my roommates worked at) He might not be quite so fine. The guy that HE gets his stuff from? Those guys are DEFINITELY not people you want to mess with.
You got no idea what level your neighbor is involved in. Do not want ANY of that going on.
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