Ok, so summer is coming up and I know this means that local agency work in south Florida will soon dry up. So, once again I'm getting ready to do a travel assignment outside the state. I've decided to try finding my own apartment and taking the housing stipend instead of taking the company housing because I could save a lot of money this way. BUT, then there's the hassle of doing a short-term lease for a furnished apartment, paying a hefty deposit, and hooking up utilities, etc. So, after reading a few posts on here about the option of renting a room I decided to look into this.
I've been looking at ads on Craigslist and some of the roommate situations I found there seem interesting. However, I'm kinda nervous about moving in with a total stranger that I meet on a website. One prospect I was talking to sounded great and I was going to sign a lease with him... until he mentioned that he's looking for somebody who's '420-friendly'. I didn't know what that means so I had to ask. He told me that he smokes weed regularly, but that he only does it outside the house. The place is an awesome set-up and the rent is pretty good. But the weed-smoking is a deal-breaker. Even though I'm not smoking it myself, if I inhale the passive smoke and if there's a spot drug test at the hospital, its going to show up. Worse still, if the place gets busted the cops probably won't believe that I'm not somehow involved myself. And if that happens, I might as well say goodbye to my license.
Now, I'm back to thinking that maybe the roommate thing isn't such a great idea. Was wondering if anyone who has done it successfully could give me some pointers.
Wow.... what a huge amount of misinformation out there! To start with my credentials: I worked with mental health clients for over 15 years including substance abusers so I have a great deal of training and experience with this issue. For starters people who socially use marijuana are no more impaired when they stop using that people who drink. Any of you gone to work after staying up late drinking? well you were most likely more impaired than someone who smoked a joint. Secondly it has been conclusively proven that marijuana does not kill brain cells, (alcohol does), nor does it have any long term impact on any part of the memory. Second hand smoke is extremely unlikely to make you test positive on a drug test even if you were in the room with the person smoking. Even in nursing school one of the questions asked was "is marijuana a gateway drug" well my psychiatric nursing text, my professor and my own professional experience all agreed that this was a fallacy as well. Marijuana or THC has much less impact on the body than alcohol. So if you all want to jump on the bandwagon about "reefer madness" then you need to study some history and realize that the only reason that marijuana was made illegal was because of hurst publishing which had a stake in a new material coming out called polyester. Well hemp was also being harvested at this time and another person involved in making money off polyester happened to be the attorney general. Well Hurst owned all the newspapers and started the misinformation campaign to get hemp and all of its byproducts made illegal. So brush up on your history, brush up on your facts.
So my final question would be, someone who smokes a little weed at 9:pm for insomnia who is sleeping by 11 and sleeps well through the night, and someone who is up all night unable to sleep and only gets one hour sleep. Who would you rather have at your bedside. these issues are complicated and not solved by one liners like "everyone who smokes weed has issues".
It is a moot point.
I would rather have a nurse that treated their insomnia by living a healthy lifestyle, which doesn't include, alcohol, drugs OR marijuana - than one that chooses to mask the problem rather than solve it.
It is really lame to make excuses about how it should be legal because alcohol is legal. Many of us would be perfectly fine with making alcohol and cigarettes illegal, so that people would work on their issues and become healthy and unimpaired, rather than hobbling around on the mental "crutches" of recreational treatments.
There is no good reason to legalize MJ, and if you wish to discuss that point, there are several threads on this BB to do so.
This thread is about a nurse discussing sharing housing with someone that is committing an illegal act on a regular basis. And by doing so could endanger the OPs licensure. As to whether MJ is harmful or not - that does not matter in this case. What does matter is that it is currently illegal and a nurse caught in a certain proximity of this may have problems keeping their job/license.
Wow.... what a huge amount of misinformation out there! nor does it have any long term impact on any part of the memory. Second hand smoke is extremely unlikely to make you test positive on a drug test even if you were in the room with the person smoking. es".
Although I agree with most of what you say, I must respectfully disagree with this statement. I happen to know because it happened to me. My adult daughter lived in my basement apartment when she moved back to our hometown after being mugged at gunpoint in the city she had been living for 5 years. She was allowed to live there as long as she needed and my only stipulation was that she do not drink. My family and her fathers family have a long history of producing alcoholics. I myself quit drinking 6 years ago. I did not have a problem with her smoking marijuana just not in front of her younger siblings. My only contact with it was when I happened to walk downstairs to the laundry room once or twice a week to clean the clothes. I was given a random drug screen for reasons that don't matter, but I tested positive for marijuana even though I haven't smoked it since 1979. I was told by my doctor that I most definitely will test positive if I live in the same quarters as a habitual user. She had to quit immediately and eventually moved to her own apartment. It kinda freaked me out.
I agree with the rest of your post tenexe;2209877. I would much rather know my daughter is doing that (in the privacy of her own home) than drinking.
I would rather have a nurse that treated their insomnia by living a healthy lifestyle, which doesn't include, alcohol, drugs OR marijuana - than one that chooses to mask the problem rather than solve it.
It is really lame to make excuses about how it should be legal because alcohol is legal. Many of us would be perfectly fine with making alcohol and cigarettes illegal, so that people would work on their issues and become healthy and unimpaired, rather than hobbling around on the mental "crutches" of recreational treatments.
There is no good reason to legalize MJ, and if you wish to discuss that point, there are several threads on this BB to do so.
This thread is about a nurse discussing sharing housing with someone that is committing an illegal act on a regular basis. And by doing so could endanger the OPs licensure. As to whether MJ is harmful or not - that does not matter in this case. What does matter is that it is currently illegal and a nurse caught in a certain proximity of this may have problems keeping their job/license.
First of all it is always better for people to manage their lifestyles in a healthy manner rather than to rely on chemicals. Unfortunately that is not supported in our society. We encourage chemical dependency. Secondly I never said marijuana should be legalized because alcohol is, I merely made a comparison of the detriments that each bring to the table. (I hope I spelled detriment correctly). Making cigarettes and alcohol illegal would no more make people deal with their "issues". Thats why having drugs illegal prevents drug addicts in our society. yeah that works great. What is scary though is that you would want the government to continue to make decisions for us and to tell us what we can and can't do. Boy is that a slippery slope! "There is no good reason to legalize marijuana" I take you have extensive experience and have researched the topic completely to make such a strong black and white stand.
caroladybelle, BSN, RN
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It is a moot point.
I would rather have a nurse that treated their insomnia by living a healthy lifestyle, which doesn't include, alcohol, drugs OR marijuana - than one that chooses to mask the problem rather than solve it.
It is really lame to make excuses about how it should be legal because alcohol is legal. Many of us would be perfectly fine with making alcohol and cigarettes illegal, so that people would work on their issues and become healthy and unimpaired, rather than hobbling around on the mental "crutches" of recreational treatments.
There is no good reason to legalize MJ, and if you wish to discuss that point, there are several threads on this BB to do so.
This thread is about a nurse discussing sharing housing with someone that is committing an illegal act on a regular basis. And by doing so could endanger the OPs licensure. As to whether MJ is harmful or not - that does not matter in this case. What does matter is that it is currently illegal and a nurse caught in a certain proximity of this may have problems keeping their job/license.