Cheech and Wrong

“Judge Ebony Scott ruled late Monday that while Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd could not prove she is entitled to damages, she successfully made the case that the smell is a private nuisance, and Scott ordered Thomas Cackett to stop smoking.” WaPo (Free Article): Bothered by pot smell, she sued her neighbor to stop smoking — and won. “Cackett testified in court that the medical marijuana relieves his pain and helps him sleep after physically intensive shifts as a restaurant manager. He said that he smoked about ‘eight to 12 puffs’ at night after he gets off work, typically outside if the weather was tolerable, and he denied smoking ‘all day and all night as the plaintiff alleges.’ ‘I am not Snoop Dogg.'” (He’s says that like it’s a good thing.)

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