Can a nurse work with marijuana?

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Specializes in Corrections.

Ive been an LPN for nearly 10 years. I started going back to school to refresh a few prereqs to obtain my ADN. Lately however I have become turned off by the nursing field and have thought about leaving nursing. It feels like we are expendable and unappreciated. My current place of work was my dream come true and the relationships I have formed over the last several years make my co-workers feel more like family than piers. New management has changed things. Nobody is happy.. we don't get supported. Family members, patients and new doctors that have come into play have turned our utopia into hell. I live in a state where recreational marijuana is permitted. I'm an avid gardener and I have seen the many health benefits that medical marijuana has on pain and patients with cancer that are receiving chemo. I guess long story summarized... (well not really I suppose lol) Can a nurse work in the medical marijuana field if I don't partake in the product? Apparently there is special licensing that must be obtained prior to working in one of these places whether its growing, selling or managing. I don't know if this would be something that can be accessed by a potential employer should I decide to go back to nursing or try to stay on PRN. Has anybody heard about this or know somebody that has done this?

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Specializes in ICU and Dialysis.

I would assume that as long as you do nothing that would impair you or your ability to pass a drug test, there's nothing legally stopping you from holding both jobs.

How that would look on your work history if you ever sought another nursing job, I couldn't say.

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Specializes in ER.

I work with a nurse who is part owner of a pot farm. It's legal in my state. She claims she doesn't partake.

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Specializes in Critical Care and ED.

Partake or not, it's worth bearing in mind that even in legal states it's still illegal on a Federal level and facilities that produce it are still getting raided on a regular basis. It could have an impact on your ability to get your nursing license if the Police show up at your door and arrest you. Personally, until it's been descheduled from schedule 1 I'd avoid. The closest I get to it is investing in companies that produce it. I figured that was a safe enough distance.

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