Can Health Care Worker Get Id?

[evoashes]

Hey all. Heard a long time ago that health care workers can not get their medical marijuana cards. Although now I can't seem to find anything about this. I work at a hospital but don't actually do patient care anymore. And I don't plan on using it while at work, mostly before bed  or when I'm in absolute pain. 

 

Can anyone enlighten me on this?

 

Thanks,

Ashley

[Kingdiamond]

Not true but if you get tested your card does very little as far as keeping your employment intact if your allowed to dispense medicine one dirty drop could affect your career via the FDA .

[evoashes]

Right. I was thinking about asking my employer about it. I can't take any other pain meds because my autonomic nervous system won't allow it (I pass out and get cry sick) so I'm at wits end and need to figure something out to control bad days. Hmm... 

[trichcycler]

your employer will hopefully be part of the 60+% of medical cannabis supporters before you tell them.

[t-pain]

its important for you TO get a card. since, as a health professional, if you are convicted of any drug crime, you automatically lose your license according to michigan law.

 

just look at this story of a pharmacist in michigan who thought 'he couldnt get a card' because he was licensed by the state as a pharmacist.

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/07/southwest_michigan_pharmacist.html

 

Jeannie Vogel, spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, said when contacted Wednesday that a person's profession is not considered when applying for a Michigan medical marijuana card.

 

In addition, Vogel said, "the identity of a person with a medical marijuana card is confidential, so we would not know if they have a card when they apply for licensure."

Edited October 23, 2014 by t-pain

[jointedone]

Ashley,there is no rule that says you must disclose your pt status to your employer. I don't even tell my Dr. It's none of their business.  I cannot take pain meds either but I do take valium.

[Habenero]

Ashley,there is no rule that says you must disclose your pt status to your employer. I don't even tell my Dr. It's none of their business.  I cannot take pain meds either but I do take valium.

True True. But I think the concern here is that she'll be tested and come up dirty if her employer does workplace testing.

[jointedone]

Got that covered,H. An RX for a PPI like Nexium or Protonix will always test positive for MJ. I don't know why,though. She said she isn't dealing with pts anymore. Hospitals will test food service workers but not Drs......what a joke!

[evoashes]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I guess the hospital very rarely ever drug tests but I'm quite accident prone so my luck I'd fall down the stairs and have to test. My manager is pretty good with listening about things and figuring out next steps so I'm sure if I explained it to her she'd understand and put me in touch with the right people. I just don't know if the raise in heart rate would be worth trying the marijuana. Thats one of my biggest problems. Wish I could try it prior to going through all the trouble. 

[t-pain]

ask your group of friends, chances are one of them has some weed.

[Indigro]

If you are completely out of the loop (no one you know)... several places (certification) will actually see & serve you on the same day. You will get a doc's rec & ur application pack, and will need to mail it in, but they will serve you at a dispensary, depending on which you go to. That should cost you 75-100.

 

However, that docs rec isn't very strong in the event you have a legal snafu. It is a means to an end however, and will allow for you to sample before actually submitting a formal app through the State. Blah, blah, blah on how technically legal this is... its a somewhat safe way to do what you asked about. I'd follow up w a better doc's rec & application however, if you choose to formalize it.

 

You will bebgetting dispensary meds however... dont smoke anything they give you for free. It will be hit or miss on the quality, even on paid meds. Ask them for their personal choice on a really clean burning product. And even still, it will be hit or miss on the actual effect you will personally experience...each person reacts uniquely to each sample.

[trichcycler]

Frosty, stinky, sticky, tight buds= good starting choice for a beginner.

[coreyz]

Get a scrip for marinal in case you tinkle dirty. Just don't get coughs with meds.

[Habenero]

Get a scrip for marinal in case you tinkle dirty. Just don't get coughs with meds.

Good idea bro.

Don't think they just hand those out like candy though. That shizzle is expensive. Ya gotta be like anorexic with no appetite or like severely nauseated from some condition. Can't fake it like a lower back soft tissue injury.

[jointedone]

 The Pepper Guy is right........Rxs for Marinol are only given to make people eat. Nothing else. I know this for fact. Ask about it and you will get  a suspicious Dr. It doesn't do anything but make you get an appetite.