Teens smoking weed in kids park!
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I would have left and then reported it online through 101.
Guess it depends where you live... totally legal where I am (not for teens but I did it at their age). Anyone can be in a park it's a shared space... and you're outdoors the smell will go away.
@Sandra yes I would have done that, but I felt myself getting annoyed so thought it best to just leave it 😅
@Molly completely illegal here except for some medical uses I think? Yes anyone can be in a park but this was actually in a gated play area designed for kids. Meaning they were stood a few feet from the climbing frame we were about to go on. I don’t care what they choose to do with their time but there are surely plenty of other places they could’ve been?
Sure it's annoying to you but keep in mind teenagers are children. They don't have a lot of spaces to go to and a park is a designated space for them. They aren't being dangerous or aggressive and sounds like they felt just as uncomfortable with you there as you were with them there. They're just kids.
Most gated play areas (playgrounds) are smoke free areas in the U.K. There are typically benches throughout the rest of the park the playground is set in in the U.K.
If they weren’t intimidating you, impacting your child’s ability to access the play area or encouraging your child to smoke the weed then I would probably leave them alone and not say anything
Absolutely would’ve said something. Completely selfish to be smoking in an area designated for children. If it was just an open space (no climbing frame etc) then that would be different. Not ok at all
I would ask for sharesies 🤣 Jokes aside, I would probably have asked them to find somewhere else to go.
Probably would depend on when it happened. Middle of the day I'd probably say something like idk what you do, just if you could avoid smoking in kids areas please and thank you. If it was after dark or something I'd just move on, they have the same right to be there as everyone else. It's inconsiderate of them but not any more illegal than it would be other places, most likely.
I would have found another park if you’ve got others and maybe called the cops. You never know how they will respond to you if you say something and i agree not to put you and your LO in a potentially dangerous situation. teenagers are children but also are unattended soo you can’t compare them to younger children who would otherwise be accompanied by their parents…
How annoying what is wrong with people out of all places they had to smoke in a park 🤦🏻♀️ I would’ve gone up to them and kindly asked them to go elsewhere. If not I would’ve reported them. Kids should not be exposed to that!