I certainly understand that it is their right to smoke on their property and I don’t care if they choose to smoke pot. I just don’t want to smell it.

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who is bothered by their neighbor's marijuana smoking.

We live in a suburban neighborhood where the homes are fairly close together. We have a very nice screened-in porch and a large deck that we added two years ago. Typically, fall is our favorite time of year to be outside on our deck,

Their pot smoking has significantly increased this year to the point that of the five or six times a day that my husband or I walk outside our house, the smell is unbearable.

Our next-door neighbors are heavy pot smokers and the smell from the pot is so strong and offensive to us that we are no longer able to use the outside areas we used to love to use. They have lived here for about two years and,

"Our next-door neighbors are heavy pot smokers and the smell from the pot is so strong and offensive to us that we are no longer able to use the outside areas we used to love to use."