Landlord Harassment

[hamishnotshamus]

Hi everyone,

I’m posting because I’m in a pretty horrible place with all this and I’d appreciate some support from people who understand medical cannabis and the stigma around it.

I live on a houseboat on a pontoon attached to a small campsite and marina. We’ve been here for over 11 years. It has been our home for a long time, and we’ve put a lot of ourselves into the place.

I’ve used cannabis for most of my adult life, but I’m now trying to do things properly through the legal medical route. The problem is the judgement and treatment around it has become unbearable.

The marina changed hands a few years ago, and over the last year I feel like I’ve been singled out more and more. I’ve been shouted at, made to feel uncomfortable around my own home, and now I’m being messaged on WhatsApp in a way which feels like harassment.

Today I was told someone had been asked to come near my boat and smell for cannabis, and if anything is heard or smelt again I would be evicted immediately.

I’ve already reached the point where I feel like I’m going to lose my home. That is heartbreaking, but the situation has become so stressful and unpleasant that part of me feels like leaving is the only way to protect my mental health.

I’m not trying to cause trouble. I’m trying to stay legal, manage my health, and live quietly in my own home. Being watched, judged, threatened, and messaged like this is making me feel anxious, low, and completely worn down.

Has anyone else dealt with harassment or threats around prescribed medical cannabis, especially where they live? How did you handle it?

I’d also appreciate advice on what to record, what evidence to keep, and how to respond without making things worse.

Please be kind. I’m not looking for drama. I’m just exhausted and would like to hear from people who understand.

 

[GrownHealth]

Hi everyone,

I’m posting because I’m in a pretty horrible place with all this and I’d appreciate some support from people who understand medical cannabis and the stigma around it.

I live on a houseboat on a pontoon attached to a small campsite and marina. We’ve been here for over 11 years. It has been our home for a long time, and we’ve put a lot of ourselves into the place.

I’ve used cannabis for most of my adult life, but I’m now trying to do things properly through the legal medical route. The problem is the judgement and treatment around it has become unbearable.

The marina changed hands a few years ago, and over the last year I feel like I’ve been singled out more and more. I’ve been shouted at, made to feel uncomfortable around my own home, and now I’m being messaged on WhatsApp in a way which feels like harassment.

Today I was told someone had been asked to come near my boat and smell for cannabis, and if anything is heard or smelt again I would be evicted immediately.

I’ve already reached the point where I feel like I’m going to lose my home. That is heartbreaking, but the situation has become so stressful and unpleasant that part of me feels like leaving is the only way to protect my mental health.

I’m not trying to cause trouble. I’m trying to stay legal, manage my health, and live quietly in my own home. Being watched, judged, threatened, and messaged like this is making me feel anxious, low, and completely worn down.

Has anyone else dealt with harassment or threats around prescribed medical cannabis, especially where they live? How did you handle it?

I’d also appreciate advice on what to record, what evidence to keep, and how to respond without making things worse.

Please be kind. I’m not looking for drama. I’m just exhausted and would like to hear from people who understand.

Sorry to hear this as you sound like you have a beautiful home situation apart from this one issue and you are quite within your rights to consume your medicine and unfortunately it's lingering stigma's that have caused this by the look of it.

We would suggest you contact the below group as they are experienced with cases like this involving patients rights being restricted and patients suffering as a consequence.

Medical Cannabis Support In The UK | Patient Protect

Patient Protect offers dedicated support for medical cannabis patients facing discrimination in the UK. Trust our expert guidance today.

www.patientprotect.co.uk

Also welcome to the community and I'm sure other members will chip in with their knowledge and we are a caring community and can see when some one needs help and support from like minded people

 

[joint_account]

Hi mate,

Welcome to MedBud, I wish it was in grander circumstances.

First thing, I have no real practical advice that should be listened to.

Second thing, do they know it's medical? If they do, I would report any instance of them doing anything as harassment to the police.

Legally your medical problems and your medicine are viewed as the same. Discrimination of medication is discrimination of disability. If you have a marina and it's residents constantly making you feel uncomfortable then I feel the only step is reporting it to the police.

Let's not forget here, you are 100% in the right. Anywhere they can use an asthma inhaler you can use MC.

If they don't like smells, I would enquire as to banning other smells you don't like seeing as that's the problem here.

If you're just trying to mitigate everything, use a DHV and grab a carbon filter like a von Sploof. That will eliminate most of the smell but it seems they have decided they have it in for you regardless.

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And most importantly speak to your clinic! They are there to advocate for you!

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Familiarise yourself with this as well, it's the legal guidance surrounding MC use in buildings, with landlords, etc. is assume it applies to boats and other land owners - https://www.cicouncil.org.uk/app/up...e-of-Prescription-Cannabis-in-Buildings-1.pdf

 

[hamishnotshamus]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I thought I’d add a bit more context because the hardest part is I feel like I’ve tried to follow every rule they have given me, and each time it has made things worse.

At first I was told there was no smoking on site, not even on my own home, but I would be allowed to use my medication in an adjacent field.

That went on for a few months, but it meant I had to walk across the site in full view and sit on a bench to take my medication. It felt embarrassing and created more stigma, not less.

Then smell was mentioned once, so I invested in carbon filters and started shutting myself inside the boat. Last week I was taping up vents and locking myself in during the heat, with the boat getting dangerously hot, all because I was trying to avoid upsetting anyone.

At the same time, messages were being sent in the site WhatsApp group saying she does not care whether it is for mental health or whether it is legal, and asking other people on site to monitor and report any smell, day or night, even if it only lingers.

When I said the messages were making me ill, and explained I have a legal prescription for severe post traumatic stress disorder, the reply I got was:

“Delusional, no one else and it’s created by you my friend no one else, you are risking eviction by your actions not mine, take responsibility and don’t blame me for your actions, there will be no more communication unless we smell weed again.”

That is the bit I am struggling with most. I have tried to comply. I have tried to be discreet. I have spent money on filters. I have isolated myself inside my home. I have even put my own comfort and safety at risk during the heat.

And yet I still feel like I’m being watched, judged, and threatened.

I’m not trying to be difficult. I’m a legal medical cannabis patient trying to manage my condition quietly in my own home. I’m exhausted by it now and it feels like whatever I do will be treated as wrong.

 

[joint_account]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I thought I’d add a bit more context because the hardest part is I feel like I’ve tried to follow every rule they have given me, and each time it has made things worse.

At first I was told there was no smoking on site, not even on my own home, but I would be allowed to use my medication in an adjacent field.

That went on for a few months, but it meant I had to walk across the site in full view and sit on a bench to take my medication. It felt embarrassing and created more stigma, not less.

Then smell was mentioned once, so I invested in carbon filters and started shutting myself inside the boat. Last week I was taping up vents and locking myself in during the heat, with the boat getting dangerously hot, all because I was trying to avoid upsetting anyone.

At the same time, messages were being sent in the site WhatsApp group saying she does not care whether it is for mental health or whether it is legal, and asking other people on site to monitor and report any smell, day or night, even if it only lingers.

When I said the messages were making me ill, and explained I have a legal prescription for severe post traumatic stress disorder, the reply I got was:

“Delusional, no one else and it’s created by you my friend no one else, you are risking eviction by your actions not mine, take responsibility and don’t blame me for your actions, there will be no more communication unless we smell weed again.”

That is the bit I am struggling with most. I have tried to comply. I have tried to be discreet. I have spent money on filters. I have isolated myself inside my home. I have even put my own comfort and safety at risk during the heat.

And yet I still feel like I’m being watched, judged, and threatened.

I’m not trying to be difficult. I’m a legal medical cannabis patient trying to manage my condition quietly in my own home. I’m exhausted by it now and it feels like whatever I do will be treated as wrong.

As much as you want to avoid confrontation I think they've forced your hand here to be honest.

I would be ringing the non-emergency line and logging every single communication as harassment. Then when they come to your home call 999 and say people are attacking you because of your disability.

If you can install cameras to capture any anti social behaviour..

Alternatively you can do nothing but I don't see this sorting itself out without the police or without you moving out.

They're bullies.

It's an horrific situation to be in mate. Have you spoken to your clinic about this at all? They will be able to help support you.

 

[Fiddlesticks]

Hi Hamish

This is a difficult case to read as there are so many different situations involved. I am sorry to read of the problems you are having and I think that more specialist advice regarding specific property rights are needed.
Firstly no matter the situation you have spelt it out clearly that this is your own private home and that you have put a lot into the area in which you live. With your condition involved it also makes sense to me that you find comfort in a more withdrawn way of living than a standard house.
So from my reading of things and where I think you need help, is in the nuances of the situation.

If you were in your own private house they would have no rights to demand anything and the police would confirm such. The problem is that your own private home is within its own mooring and therefore the laws regarding the "public spaces" of this mooring have a communal aspect.
There would be shared laws and specific clauses within this shared communal agreement that would have to be looked at but I am curious as to which of these they would want to find you in breach of.

As far as the personal harrasment situation, then this is another issue and might warrant further escalation on that grounds, but I would want to know where you stood with the shared aspect of the tenancy agreement as it applies to a boat at mooring.
I mean for perspective even homeless hostels have to try accomodate medical cannabis consumption now so there are a lot of people changing.
I am sure different councils/areas will have slightly different legislations/responsibilites too.

Just because some crazy person wants to shout at you because they dont like the smell of medication dont let them drag you into their world when you are following the law. Especially when you have listed all the times that you have attempted to accomodate their requests rather than to tell them to "go away".
I think it is useful to keep documenting things and people have given good links and resources in the thread already.