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Weed is in a legal gray area. Since the OCAA pre-dates legalization, it's not covered under normal non-smoking housing restrictions. So while you've built up this image of intentional rule breakers with a blatant disregard for your well-being, it's far more likely they just want to partake in a legal substance the best way they know how and have no idea it's encroaching on your space. It's illegal to smoke most places (again, weird legal gray area). The vast majority of housing is non-smoking and this city has a very real housing shortage.
It boggles my mind that anyone is so mind-blowingly self-centered their FIRST option is to try to get someone kicked out of their home. You're uncomfortable with even mild confrontation, so you're okay with putting people out of their home all over something they likely don't know is bothering you. And you're patting yourself on the back for it.
Now, when you go talk to your landlord and they blow you off with the "we'll look into it" line, you'll know why.
On the other hand, I see two people posted about them trying to get them kicked out. That's not what the op said. Reporting and trying to get them kicked out are different things. It's plausible (of course we're missing information because I/A limits how much you can post) that this person has already complained to the neighbor and they don't give a fuck. Why would they right? Further, the legality isn't gray at all. Our interpretations might be fogged (see what I did there?) but law is law, the word is what it says. It's legal to purchase pot in Oregon, but it is illegal and a Federal offense to take it into Washington - another legal state - because legalization is at the state level not federal. Their isn't any grayness in that, it's pretty matter of fact actually, yet it's a good example of why everyone thinks the legalization is confused. To address your statement directly mynamehere, while you're immediately correct, it should be said that the landlord smoking disclosure law REQUIRES a landlord to put in writing the smoking policy on property and in unit BEFORE any lease is signed. Some allow it (not many these days) but most do not. Further, the language used in most leases detail no smoking of any kind. The only loophole on this is if the original language in signing documents specifically state "no cigarette smoking or Tobacco use" (or something like that) - in which case it leaves Marijuana open. In this scenario many properties have issued additional notices that expand on recreational use (should they adopt no-pot policy) HOWEVER in these situations management cannot evict or punish tenants for use until after the tenant re-signs the lease (going back to the confines of the disclosure law) but they can still give warnings and request that they do not do it. Since I've already written too much, I'll also offer their is another loophole on that some properties in Portland have found, which finds that depending on the size/# of units and type and quality of fire suppression system, city fire code can actually supersede ambiguous non-smoking disclosures.
Be considerate of your neighbors, consume in private at the NW Cannabis Club.