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What would you do if you found out that a fellow nursing student is smoking marijuana?

If they use pot enough to reek of it and affect their behavior at work, im sure their superiors would notice, get them tested, and boot them out.

If you condone drinking in moderation but not smoking in moderation, thats just hypocritical. Alcohol is alot more problematic than pot. Just cause the law arbitrarily says its ok doesnt make it any better.

If you condone drinking in moderation but not smoking in moderation, thats just hypocritical. Alcohol is alot more problematic than pot. Just cause the law arbitrarily says its ok doesnt make it any better.

I'm sorry... it is not hypocritical. Smoking mj is illegal - drinking alcohol is not, when done in moderation. If alcohol is was more problematic than pot - then it would be completely illegal also. You are right, just because the law says one is legal and the other is not does not make one better than the other when you are drinking beyond the limit (and NO, i don't mean the legal limit). Pot has long term effects on the brain, lungs, heart, circulatory system etc... Guess we just have to agree to disagree...

I would do nothing if this person was doing it on their own time.

Almost every drug has long term effects if used frequently enough.

http://www.eirpharm.com/alcohol_long_effects.php

How do you know the person isnt using pot in moderation?

And alcohol IS more problematic than pot. There are far more alcohol related violent crimes than pot related crimes. Alcohol isnt even illegal if used in excess. One of the main reasons pot is banned is because it is associated with mexican americans, which has no medical basis whatsoever.

I rather have a health care provider who thinks for himself rather than blindly following rules set down by politicians. There is a reason we have "medical marijuana" and not "medical tequila".

And no, I dont smoke pot.

Specializes in EMS, ER, GI, PCU/Telemetry.
I'm sorry... it is not hypocritical. Smoking mj is illegal - drinking alcohol is not, when done in moderation. If alcohol is was more problematic than pot - then it would be completely illegal also. You are right, just because the law says one is legal and the other is not does not make one better than the other when you are drinking beyond the limit (and NO, i don't mean the legal limit). Pot has long term effects on the brain, lungs, heart, circulatory system etc... Guess we just have to agree to disagree...

actually, alcohol has more of an effect on each system in the body than marijuana does.... just an FYI. smoking of marijuana absolutely causes problems--impaired memory, tachycardia, hypotension, increased mucus production, etc.... no one has ever died of a marijuana overdose. alcohol, on the other hand, far surpasses marijuana with a laundry list of problems after excessive use such as brain damage, ocular damage, nutritional deficiency, liver disease including cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy, esophageal varices, psychosis, fetal alcohol syndrome.....

alcohol is legal because it's a huge money maker. not because it's safe.

ETA: i don't smoke pot, either. :)

Exactly. Otherwise smoking would be universally banned too.

pot_is_safer_than_crack.jpg

And yet both are classified as Schedule I. :rolleyes:

*Half Kidding*

Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatrics, Wound Care.

I'd worry about more important things, like studying. Nearly half of the American 12th graders have smoked marijuana at least once in their life (that's going to be half the country, if it isn't already). Let's not even think of what we/our parents/grandparents (etc) were doing in the '60s. :chuckle While there are some definite, and some suspected health problems with marijuana use, it's nothing compared to the ones we KNOW about with alcohol, and many other drugs, legal and otherwise. Most of the problems associated with marijuana are related to the people that develop a habit.

http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/marijuana.html

I removed an anti war on some drugs rant. But, seriously, if you're going to complain about someone doing something to themselves, may as well complain about all the people that commit any minor crime. Unless that person's personal choice is having an effect on their patient care (going to clinicals high), it really is their own problem (if it is a problem, which it likely isn't).

What would you do if you found out that a fellow nursing student is smoking marijuana?

It depends one the situation.

If they are smoking before or during clinicals, then I would probably say something, as this jeopardizes patient safety.

I they're doing it after school, on their own time, I'd shut up and mind my own business.

I'm sorry... these responses are absurd! Anti-depressants, sleep aids... DR PERSCRIBED meds are one thing... absolutely NOTHING wrong with them. And - to not say anything about a fellow student or co-worker abusing drugs... come on people! :confused:

It's ILLEGIAL :banghead:... it's WRONG :banghead: ... it's DANGEROUS!:banghead: These students/professionals have real people's lives in their hands!!! If I KNEW that a student in my class - or a co-worker was abusing drugs - of ANY kind... I would go to our superior - IMMEDIATELY!

Please - Please do the right thing! This person could be caring for MY husband or son one day!!!

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I knew this one guy in high school really responsible, really involved in school, valedictorian, and he smoked pot on a regular basis.... i personally think that if you're in the health profession you shouldn't be using drugs, BUT smoking pot doesn't make someone incompetent.

I knew this one guy in high school really responsible, really involved in school, valedictorian, and he smoked pot on a regular basis.... i personally think that if you're in the health profession you shouldn't be using drugs, BUT smoking pot doesn't make someone incompetent.

I also have known people who have smoked regularly. The point is, as you said... if you are in the health care or public safety profession, you are held to a higher standard and should NOT use any drugs illegally.

If you condone drinking in moderation but not smoking in moderation, thats just hypocritical. Alcohol is a lot more problematic than pot. Just cause the law arbitrarily says its OK doesnt make it any better.

Thats a good point. The law isn't based on actual data about marijuana's danger to an individual or society, as no scientifically valid study has been able to prove that its worse for society than alcohol. Personally, I feel that its illegal status goes against the principles of individual freedom of choice that this country is supposedly founded on. Basically, the government has taken a naturally grown plant that causes no physical addiction, does not cause lung cancer [as opposed to cigarettes], does not impair you any more than alcohol, and does not contribute to violent crime [which alcohol certainly can], and made it illegal for no compelling reason. The most harm that marijuana causes a person is due to its illegal status, not the plant itself.

Sorry for the somewhat off topic rant, but I feel that people should look at actual information before they decide to condemn a substance or the people that use it.

I dont care if someone smoke or drink themselves to death on their off time,just come sober to the clinicals,that is all I'm hoping for.

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