My roommate is smoking weed again after being told not to.

Okay, first off you're not going to get anywhere calling people "pothead", dude. I get you're upset and frustrated, but it's not going to help if you go in with an outlook like that.

You're friend is absolutely right. You need to sit down and talk to him. Don't make this an argument thing, and don't go in with any sort of righteous fury. Be very political and straightforward.

"Hey, I get you like smoking weed and I don't care that you do. However, while we're rooming together we're going to have to ask you not to do it in or around the apartment. We know its your choice to smoke and we respect that, but we're not willing to deal with the consequences of what could happen should the cop upstairs get a whiff. Please, don't make us bring this up again. We don't want to have to appeal to higher authority on the matter, because otherwise you're a really cool roommate."

If that doesn't work and he starts up again, you're going to have to get together with your other roomie and make a firm, united decision to speak to the apartment manager about it. Because this shows he really has no respect for your concerns; any decent person would adhere to this request to stop. It's not like you're forbidding him to smoke, just not inside your apartment. It's a reasonable request.

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