Is there a way to detect pot other than through smell!

[Markbnj]

you are missing a great opportunity to get free pot from your tenants.

This, and they're probably spending the rent money on weed and fast food anyway.

 

[BoomerD]

Just wait till you hit them with eviction papers. They stop paying the rent and trash the place...and it takes you 6-8 months to get them out.
Sure, you can keep their deposit...but the damage alone will be triple or quadruple that pittance...and you'll still be out the unpaid rent...PLUS, it will take you 3-4 months to renovate the place before you can rent it again.


Better to have them arrested...then evict them while they're in jail.

 

[Zee]

the only way is to put a secret camera in their suite. Activate it whenever girls come over

 

[dabuddha]

You should call the cops on them for smoking. It will be a valuable lesson.

This. As for the "leave them alone" crowd, fuck that. All the OP needs is the cops coming in and giving him shit for having pot on his property.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Just wait till you hit them with eviction papers. They stop paying the rent and trash the place...and it takes you 6-8 months to get them out.
Sure, you can keep their deposit...but the damage alone will be triple or quadruple that pittance...and you'll still be out the unpaid rent...PLUS, it will take you 3-4 months to renovate the place before you can rent it again.


Better to have them arrested...then evict them while they're in jail.

This man can see through time. Srsly OP if they are good tenants outside of being dopers leave them be and take their money.

 

[blake0812]

I went to a public school in Louisiana, and everyone there wanted to get high for some reason. I could tell if they were high by their bloodshot eyes and calmed behavior.

 

[mnewsham]

tell them to make butter

you ever make cannabutter? That would smell 10x worse than smoking it

 

[slag]

What do you want?

A lot of us don't care if people smoke pot, and a lot would like to see it legal.

If you created the rent/lease agreement, and have power to enforce the rules, including eviction, well... do you need our mental support for it?

You don't need any physical proof of anything to evict - it's the right of property management to board or evict whoever they want. Lease agreements and eviction make it a far tidier process when it comes to legal rights, but with enough effort, you can make it happen for whatever reason.

Do what you have to as a property owner and lessor in order to feel legally safe and protected.

Then again, a lot of us know it is illegal in many states and don't advocate breaking the law or "letting it slide". That aside, the OP asked for a way to detect pot not based on smell alone. If you can't provide the information he needs, then shut the fuck up, capice? He didn't ask for your opinion on pot, just a solution to a problem he has.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Then again, a lot of us know it is illegal in many states and don't advocate breaking the law or "letting it slide". That aside, the OP asked for a way to detect pot not based on smell alone. If you can't provide the information he needs, then shut the fuck up, capice? He didn't ask for your opinion on pot, just a solution to a problem he has.

 

[mnewsham]

This. As for the "leave them alone" crowd, fuck that. All the OP needs is the cops coming in and giving him shit for having pot on his property.

is the home owner responsible for what a tenant does? No. So why would the cops give him shit if he wasn't the one with the weed?

Not to mention, your tenants are a lot more likely to not get arrested if they can smoke in the house, cops can't enter the premiss without consent or probable cause. So if you tell em not to smoke expect them to move out, you will lose money and you'll have to spend time finding another tenant etc.

If I couldnt smoke pot wherever i was living I would move somewhere that I could because medically I can't not smoke.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Is there a way to detect pot through a test/reading in the air.

Yeah, they have these dogs that can smell better than you can.

I mean, have you NEVER watched Cops OP? You think ATOT is going to have some great secret the boys in blue don't have access to?

 

[dabuddha]

is the home owner responsible for what a tenant does? No. So why would the cops give him shit if he wasn't the one with the weed?

Not to mention, your tenants are a lot more likely to not get arrested if they can smoke in the house, cops can't enter the premiss without consent or probable cause. So if you tell em not to smoke expect them to move out, you will lose money and you'll have to spend time finding another tenant etc.

If I couldnt smoke pot wherever i was living I would move somewhere that I could because medically I can't not smoke.

I've read too many stories about the DEA seizing property because of their being drugs on the property.

 

[Jaepheth]

Keep a cookie jar in the kitchen and fill it with cookies no sober person would eat.

 

[surfsatwerk]

I've read too many stories about the DEA seizing property because of their being drugs on the property.

They can't seize property the dopers don't own.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Then again, a lot of us know it is illegal in many states and don't advocate breaking the law or "letting it slide". That aside, the OP asked for a way to detect pot not based on smell alone. If you can't provide the information he needs, then shut the fuck up, capice? He didn't ask for your opinion on pot, just a solution to a problem he has.

Agreed, man asked a simple question and all he gets is a bunch of pro-potheads rushing in criticizing someone who would remove their "brother's high".

But in all honesty: Meh, I'd go by smell and if I smelled it again I'd tell them to GTFO. Pot has a pretty potent smell so it should be pretty easy. They just need to understand they can smoke pot all they want, just not in your house. Period.

 

[bradly1101]

I could tell if they were high by their bloodshot eyes and calmed behavior.

Ahhhh, the pacification of society through pharmaceuticals (in some states, legal and illegal in others). Me thinks the overlords are starting to want this.

 

[dabuddha]

They can't seize property the dopers don't own.

Just doing a quick google search:

link

Can landlords face legal trouble for tenants that deal drugs on the rental property?
Yes. If a landlord rents to a person that deals drugs out of their rental property, the landlord may face one or more of the following kinds of practical and legal problems:

• The landlord may face fines stemming from various federal, state, city or local laws that are designed to prevent landlords from having criminal activity take place in their rental properties.
• Any person that is injured or otherwise bothered by drug dealers in a landlord's rental properties -- be it another tenant or someone in the community -- may sue the landlord, claiming that the rental property has become a public nuisance or poses a danger to the community.
• The police or other law enforcement officers may try to impose criminal liability on the landlord if the landlord knowingly allowed drug dealing on the rental property.
• The government may seize the landlord's rental property and other assets, in extreme cases.
• Finally, as a practical manner, drug dealing in or about the rental property will probably decrease the value of the rental property, making it harder to find good tenants.

As far as the OP knows, the pot heads aren't dealing but he can't say for sure.

Another link

Bottom line though, it's his property and he makes the rules.

 

[mnewsham]

They can't seize property the dopers don't own.

If the dope head were in a car that belonged to OP and he was pulled over and arrested for possession of marijuana and intent to deal as he happened to have more than 10g. Then the cops could and would likely confiscate the vehicle even though it belongs to the OP, however if OP had a decent lawyer he would likely get it back in a few months.


With property such as a house however, you are not going to see the police seize the entire property, they may ask to search the property but they can't take it away from the OP like they could a car.

 

[destrekor]

Then again, a lot of us know it is illegal in many states and don't advocate breaking the law or "letting it slide". That aside, the OP asked for a way to detect pot not based on smell alone. If you can't provide the information he needs, then shut the fuck up, capice? He didn't ask for your opinion on pot, just a solution to a problem he has.

Do you know how to read?

Sure, I stated my opinion. Is that frowned upon, suddenly?
Why post on forums if you are only going to stick your fingers in your ears (or cover your eyes, in this case) when you hear(see) that which you don't agree with? Grow up.


If you need clarification due to lack of comprehension skills: if he doesn't want people who smoke marijuana as tenants on his property, he doesn't need physical proof of marijuana to evict. So why go through the trouble and waste of time and money to do that which is not necessary?



I also just thought of a radical and new approach to these kinds of problems.

You can be an adult about it and go about it this way:

Inform your tenants that you have smelled marijuana smoke and can only deduce that, gasp, they must be smoking marijuana in/on the property. You may assume they'd be combative and claim they have no idea what you are talking about, but even if they do that, deep down THEY know they have been caught. They can appear to fight you on it, but that's just for the show. They may try to point to other people on the same or another property, but ultimately, they now realize the game has changed. They thought they were getting away with it with nobody knowing, but ultimately, everyone was just being passive or turning a blind eye. Now they know the real situation: someone has smelled it, that someone is the owner of the property on which they reside, and now they know they probably cannot get away with it as easily as they once thought.

Their is a strong likelihood they will simply change their approach and try to cover their tracks. But ultimately, if they do indeed manage to continue smoking without you ever knowing, then... what's the problem again? If they switch to vaporizing, there isn't any combustion to even worry about. And if you don't smell it, then you must assume it's not something that could impact you in any shape or form.

Be a human and give them a warning. If you ever catch wind of them using marijuana on your property, and you clearly state you do not want marijuana on your property, inform them they will be out after the next instance.

Don't go above and beyond, however. They have every legal right to privacy in their leased property, and that includes your snooping. You cannot legally place any kind of monitoring equipment, beyond emergency systems like alarms and whatnot, inside of their domicile, at least, not while they currently already occupy it. (I admit I might be wrong on this, I'm no lawyer)
I imagine if you placed something inside at the start and clearly dictated it in the terms of the lease agreement, it would probably be legal.
So any chemical monitoring device you'd like to utilize would have to be outside of their residence.


That's what you get with renters. Sometimes they break the rules. If they're crafty about it, you never know. You may hate it, but what you don't know can't hurt you in this kind of situation. Unless, of course, you don't have any official lease documents signed by all parties. It's a sticky situation without any legally binding documents, so if you don't have any, I'd quickly get to that. In fact, if you don't have any drawn up and signed up the renters, I'd do that immediately and at the same time, inform them you will give no strikes after that very moment in regards to marijuana on the property.

 

[vbuggy]

I live in a house with a basement suite. The people below are smoking pot as I caught them once. I told them that there is absolutely no smoking on the premises. Is there a way to detect pot through a test/reading in the air. Anyone have a pot meter and I don't mean Cheech and Chong.

You mean a Nasal Ranger?

 

[BoomerD]

In MOST states, smoking pot is illegal. Does your lease/rental agreement have any wording about "using the premises for illegal activity?" If so...

 

[nageov3t]

would a smoke detector do the trick? just rig it up so that they can't remove the batteries.

otherwise, I'd guess you're probably SOL unless you want to evict them or call the cops.

 

[Markbnj]

You mean a Nasal Ranger?

I don't know why, but I laughed out loud. Is that some sort of actual scent enhancer? Like a night vision scope for smells?

 

[Theb]

You mean a Nasal Ranger?

Nasal Ranger? What kind of asshole invents something like that and doesn't call it a Smelloscope?

 

[nageov3t]

I don't know why, but I laughed out loud. Is that some sort of actual scent enhancer? Like a night vision scope for smells?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/11/company-develops-nasal-ra_n_4256193.html