Marijuana for everyone!

[Dinith88]

What is your take on the issue of legalizing marijuana?

[chicagrl72]

just wondering if nurses from other countries besides the good ol usa are around to give their opinions esp if their country looks the other way with mj (it depends on where you are in this country but it IS still illegal)

what is it like in UK, AUs

any nurses from the netherlands on here

how do you think it affects your society ?

[z's playa]

so do canadian nurses get drug tested?

From what I hear....very rarely. Unless of course there's some kind of drug diversion going on or obvious intoxication. But random testing is rare. (here)

Not sure that's a good thing either.

I say....if you're gonna test the nurses...test the doctors too !

Z

[fergus51]

From what I hear....very rarely. Unless of course there's some kind of drug diversion going on or obvious intoxication. But random testing is rare. (here)

Not sure that's a good thing either.

I say....if you're gonna test the nurses...test the doctors too !

Z

Amen to that! I was never drug tested as a nurse in Canada. I've been drug tested at every pre-employment physical here in the US though. I think we're less trusting down here. You know, you even have to pay for gas BEFORE you can pump it where I live!! I found it really bizarre.

[chicagrl72]

Amen to that! I was never drug tested as a nurse in Canada. I've been drug tested at every pre-employment physical here in the US though. I think we're less trusting down here. You know, you even have to pay for gas BEFORE you can pump it where I live!! I found it really bizarre.

we have been thinking about trying to avoid the draft although mexico would be more sensible ...but perhaps not realistic

[chicagrl72]

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[chicagrl72]

:rotfl: Exactly. :)

And yes, a person impaired by smoking pot could do something as stupid and senseless as hit a child while driving out of a fast food place.

Since we already have legal alcohol stupidity, why add legal pot stupidity.

Some of those "thieves, wife beaters, and murderers" use pot too.

steph

yes but i have known many pot smokers who are not "stupid"..esp not when smoking ....that might be a whole nother story

the carry on , not hurting anyone , mostly all the pot smokers i know are more "intelligent" than the society i see on the news

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

yes but i have known many pot smokers who are not "stupid"..esp not when smoking ....that might be a whole nother story

the carry on , not hurting anyone , mostly all the pot smokers i know are more "intelligent" than the society i see on the news

Then you run in a different circle than I do . .. .most of the folks on pot that I know fit the stereotype of "pothead" . .. not very bright, sorta brain-dead, dopey. One memory that pops out for me regarding my younger and less intelligent years was sitting in a room of stoned people while I was pregnant and NOT stoned, they were all glued to MTV and zoned out - woo hoo was there some intellectualism going on in that room

Another memory is not being able to buy heating oil when my son was a month old and it was freezing out because dh "deserved" his baggy of pot instead. I'd say one side effect of pot use is self-centeredness.

Each of our experiences are only anecdotal afterall . .. . so I'll just stop.

steph

[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

most of the folks on pot that I know fit the stereotype of "pothead" . .. not very bright, sorta brain-dead, dopey. One memory that pops out for me regarding my younger and less intelligent years was sitting in a room of stoned people while I was pregnant and NOT stoned, they were all glued to MTV and zoned out - woo hoo was there some intellectualism going on in that room

That's pretty much my experience with it as well, only the people that i knew who were smoking it, the extent of their conversation was about the NEXT time they were going to smoke it.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

That's pretty much my experience with it as well, only the people that i knew who were smoking it, the extent of their conversation was about the NEXT time they were going to smoke it.

Marie! :chuckle Actually there was NO conversation going on in that room . ... . just a bunch of stoned people watching senseless tv. I finally left but it made my ex husband mad that I dissed his friends.

I still kick myself for ever falling for such a loser - what was wrong with me that I settled for a man who chose drugs over family?

Thank you God that I'm so far from that now. I've mentioned this on a pot thread sometime in the last couple of years but one of the last things I did before our divorce was final was break to smithereens his green cobra bong. And danced with joy. And wept with regret over him being the father of my boys.

steph

[Pvt. Parts]

Very stereotypical, just so you know. People that are lazy to begin with make even lazier potheads. People that are very active to begin with make even more active potheads.

Trust me on that one, I've been around enough stoners/potheads to know that the "lazy pothead" stereotype is just that -- a stereotype.

Why do you think there's such a broad range in size & type of pot paraphernalia, folks?

One-hitters aren't typically used by people sitting around in their home smoking and watching TV all day, and on the flip side, 4 ft. bongs aren't typically used by golfers for their 9th hole smoke break.

[chicagrl72]

Why do you think there's such a broad range in size & type of pot paraphernalia, folks?

One-hitters aren't typically used by people sitting around in their home smoking and watching TV all day, and on the flip side, 4 ft. bongs aren't typically used by golfers for their 9th hole smoke break.

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[Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN]

Very stereotypical, just so you know.

Let's make something very clear here. I spoke about the people i've encountered that smoke it, no where did i say that all were like that or assume that they were. But i have to thank them, though, it's was inspiration enough for me visually to avoid that crap.