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  1. When the US government legalizes weed at the federal level will nurses be allowed to smoke weed?
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  3. by not.done.yet
    Nov 8
    Joined: Feb '08; Posts: 5,581; Likes: 15,713
    Likely not. We are still subject to the rules and regulations of the BON, not just the law, and we are subject to drug testing.
  4. by inthecosmos
    Nov 8
    Joined: Feb '14; Posts: 429; Likes: 512
    It would take a lot of convincing and lobbying. It would require better testing methods to ensure individuals were not on the job under the influence. There are many, many threads throught AN regarding this topic that may have better responses to guide you through this querey.
  5. by klone
    Nov 8
    Joined: Apr '03; Posts: 13,174; Likes: 37,302
    Smoking weed is not all that. Why are people so obsessed with it?
  6. by Not_A_Hat_Person
    Nov 8
    Joined: Dec '08; Posts: 3,584; Likes: 6,355
    I imagine it will be treated like alcohol. Some professions make their own rules- pilots can't take Benadryl within so many hours of working.
  7. by cleback
    Nov 8
    From: WI, US ; Joined: Apr '10; Posts: 1,330; Likes: 4,838
    Quote from Not_A_Hat_Person
    I imagine it will be treated like alcohol. Some professions make their own rules- pilots can't take Benadryl within so many hours of working.
    This.
  8. by chare
    Nov 8
    Joined: Apr '06; Posts: 2,783; Likes: 4,315
    Quote from GlenwoodUSN
    When the US government legalizes weed at the federal level will nurses be allowed to smoke weed?
    Not when, but if. I doubt that you'll see marijuana decriminalized at the federal level for some time.
  9. by Jedrnurse
    Nov 8
    Joined: Mar '16; Posts: 859; Likes: 4,717
    Quote from klone
    Smoking weed is not all that. Why are people so obsessed with it?
    Thank you! People act like it's the Second Coming. Also, it REALLY stinks. I hate walking by people who are smoking it- just when things were getting better with fewer cigarette smokers in public...
  10. by brownbook
    Nov 8
    From: CA, US ; Joined: Jul '06; Posts: 2,978; Likes: 7,085
    Quote from Jedrnurse
    Thank you! People act like it's the Second Coming. Also, it REALLY stinks. I hate walking by people who are smoking it- just when things were getting better with fewer cigarette smokers in public...
    This....my husband smokes a pipe (legal pipe tobacco) and I hate it because there is so much we can't do (without jumping through a lot of hoops). Find a hotel room, a vacation rental, sit outside a coffee house, he can't smoke in a park, can't smoke in a car if children are in the car, many apartment complexes and condos don't allow it, etc. It is so limiting. I'm not complaining, I think all those laws and restrictions are good.

    We still do "these" things, he often says it's okay he won't bring his pipe or he'll just smoke in the car, but it's still a hassle.

    I don't know why anyone would take up smoking of any product just to find out you can't do it anywhere.
  11. by Sour Lemon
    Nov 8
    Joined: Jul '16; Posts: 3,953; Likes: 17,696
    Quote from klone
    Smoking weed is not all that. Why are people so obsessed with it?
    I don't get it either. It's supposed to be non-addictive, but it seems like so many people are willing to risk so much to partake.
  12. by GlenwoodUSN
    Nov 8
    Joined: Dec '17; Posts: 6; Likes: 10
    Quote from Not_A_Hat_Person
    I imagine it will be treated like alcohol. Some professions make their own rules- pilots can't take Benadryl within so many hours of working.
    I think so as well, and I am hopeful that all facilities follow that kind of standard. It's the fairest and most constitutional option for sure.
  13. by klone
    Nov 8
    Joined: Apr '03; Posts: 13,174; Likes: 37,302
    Quote from GlenwoodUSN
    I think so as well, and I am hopeful that all facilities follow that kind of standard. It's the fairest and most constitutional option for sure.
    It has nothing to do with the constitution. Employers have every right to require certain things of their employees, including being tobacco (and marijuana) free.
  14. by Flatline
    Nov 8
    Joined: Jan '17; Posts: 369; Likes: 1,376
    Quote from chare
    Not when, but if. I doubt that you'll see marijuana decriminalized at the federal level for some time.
    I would bet a lot of $$$ that you are wrong. Social pressure is what criminalized it in the first place and as that social pressure wanes the tax income will become too great an enticement for some administration.

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