To Smoke Weed And Work For The NHS?

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If you knew someone who worked in Administration for the NHS and found out they smoked week (at weekends) would you find this wrong?

YABU - This is wrong. They shouldn’t be smoking weed whilst they are employed by the NHS.

YANBU - This is perfectly okay.

What? citation needed please.
Many people have a plant they have grown themselves.

I would say sites like Temu and Shein are far more of an issue regarding childhood labour.

I’m afraid you have no idea of my experience of living with weed users. My view is not narrow minded I am well aware of the evidence based facts and first hand experiences of the effect of weed. Thank you anyway.

I know lots of people who smoke weed and none of them are unemployed! So that is a huge blanket statement. Of course some smokers don’t work but many do!?

teachers, nurses, social workers, drivers, farmers, vets, retail workers, therapists, artists,….. all people I know who smoke. All while holding down steady jobs.

smoking doesn’t always equal a total spaced out stoner who can’t function or strung a sentence together. Most of the ones I know just have the odd joint of homegrown at the weekend.

I think we'd be very very suprised to know how many people in all professions smoke weed at weekends. The NHS would be more broken than it already is if staff did not relieve their stress with cannabis. Calm down OP.

Exactly @CoffeeCakeAndALattePlease !

I think some posters are being deliberately obtuse about some ridiculous stereotype of cannabis users that should have died out by now given the fact it’s legalised in much of the world!

What makes weed any different to alcohol or cigarettes?

Well I’m sorry you’ve had a bad personal experience.
I’ve had bad personal experiences with people who drink alcohol but I wouldn’t suggest that any one that drinks alcohol should be unable to hold down a job because that would be a ridiculous extrapolation.

wouldn’t want anyone who smokes weed to work anywhere. Thankfully most of them don’t
What about those who smoke tobacco, arguably more dangerous than cannabis.
Also what evidence do you have that most people who smoke it don't work? I think that's highly unlikely

To be fair it sounds like you lived next to weed abusers. Not everyone who smokes weed has a problem with it.

Its the same blanket statement that you could use about alcohol just as easy as weed.

Living next to someone who has a couple of glasses of wine in the garden at the weekend would be a very different experience than living next to a alcoholic who is drinking by 7 am and shouting at random pigeons

You’d be very surprised how many working professional people smoke weed and even take class A drugs.

Weed is much stronger than it used to be.

That said I can't get worked up about somebody in NHS admin smoking it in their own time, (as in completely off work site outside of working hours) no.

Unless you've been in relationships with "most" weed smokers, which seems quite unlikely, your personal experience doesn't mean anything.

I'll just leave you with the study into surgeons and alcoholism ... which is a bit more of a problem than a random admin worker having a smoke, I'm sure you'll agree?

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10011852/

Well please don't be under the impression that your colleagues won't know

It smells

Bad!!

And sticks to clothing/belongings/hair. It will be on you at work.

It's the health factor that makes it relevant that they work for the NHS

Well that's your interpretation, but that's not what OP asked. Clearly on this thread the illegality and ethics are an issue for people.

The befuddled pothead died with the 60’s

There are numerous threads on mumset from parents or other family members of people who are heavy users of weed, so I don't think this is true. Weed is a lot stronger these days, but as far as I'm concerned what other people do at weekends is none of my business, as long as it doesn't harm anyone else.

Weed might smell yes. But surely if it affects you, just spray some febreeze?

My physiotherapist smells strongly of it. It is pretty gross.

That doesn't make it ok though.

It's an illegal drug with a totally unregulated supply chain. Most dealers aren't pot heads growing their own supply plus a bit more in the airing cupboard. They are part of a huge network of organised crime gangs that perpetrate the most horrendous crimes in the name of getting you your weekend buzz. And if you think you aren't contributing to that because it's all ok cause professionals do it too, then more fool you.

I wouldn’t want anyone who smokes weed to work anywhere. Thankfully most of them don’t

That's not even nearly true. Pretty much everyone I know consumes weed in some form, and all hold down good jobs. It's legal and very easily accessible where I live.

Well that's your interpretation, but that's not what OP asked. Clearly on this thread the illegality and ethics are an issue for people.

I think it was quite clear from the OP that she was specifically asking if people thought it was an issue based on her working for the NHS. People can turn it into a genera discussion about weed if they want but yes, that is what OP asked.

I couldn't care less where people work...there's nothing intrinsically special about being admin staff for the NHS over anywhere else.

That said weed is a filthy habit and really oughtn't to be encouraged.

I read on the teens channel when people talk about 16+ DC taking drugs (weed and even stronger) there's the whole "you can't stop them no matter what." "Drugs are safe in moderation. It's part of being young" speel.

I'd judge you a lot for smoking weed but not for working in the NHS.

It depends