A granny claims she is getting high off crack cocaine fumes that have come wafting into her flat from drug users smoking in the block.
Suzanne Chilton says she frequently feels "dizzy" and "light-headed" and has even had to go to hospital after becoming breathless when her flat became consumed with smoke from the drugs .
The 69-year-old claims the block of flats in which she lives is over-run by drug users and she is now forced to seal all her doors and windows in order to stop the fumes from gaining entrance.
Suzanne, of David Thomas House in St Andrew's, Bristol, said: "It's got worse and worse over the course of the year.
"We now have to put up with this smell on a daily basis.
"When it gets really heavy and there's a lot of people there it comes under my door and through the windows, it happens most days.
"I'm starting to become quite ill because of it. I'm suffering, and I've told them this but they just carry on - it's driving me to despair.
"It makes me feel unwell, it seeps under the door and makes my chest and my head funny.
"One evening I was doing the washing up and I had to go and sit down, my head was spinning and I was all dizzy and light-headed."
Suzanne said the smell first started around 12 months ago when a large number of people arrived at her neighbours' home.
At first she thought the "funny smell" was cleaning chemicals until her daughter informed her it was actually crack cocaine and cannabis.
Though there are 29 flats, Suzanne worries she is one of the worst affected, as fire doors prevent the smoke from leaving her floor.
She has attempted to stop the smell by buying draught excluders and plugging her windows, but she says it doesn't work.
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She added: "It's been a complete nightmare, it would be easier to live in hell. It's been such a terrible year."
Suzanne has now handed a petition to Places for People, who run the housing block, in a bid to bring in security guards to prevent the drug use.
She said: "I have been constantly complaining to the landlords for months now, but I just get ignored."
A spokesperson for Places for People, which runs the block, said: "We'd like to reassure Mrs Chilton and other residents that we take all reports of this nature seriously and any behaviour which breaches our tenancy agreement is dealt with.
"We are working closely with the police, partner agencies and residents, and will continue to do everything in our power to ensure the wellbeing of residents."
"We are working closely with the police, partner agencies and residents, and will continue to do everything in our power to ensure the wellbeing of residents."
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police confirmed they were aware of the allegations made by Mrs Chilton.
He said: "We are aware of the issues reported in relation to drugs related anti-social behaviour at a property in St Andrew's.
"We have been in contact with the housing association responsible for the property and the reports have been actioned appropriately.
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