Let's give an example. Cannabis cannot be measured with a drug test. The metabolite that is released when THC is metabolized by the body is what's tested. This metabolite can remain in the body for as long as 30 days.

If a person is drug tested, and has consumed cannabis within the last month, the test will turn up positive. That doesn't necessarily mean that the person is impaired today. All that means is that the person consumed cannabis within the last month or so. Big deal.

Why should any employer care what it's employee did last month? The employer should only care about what's going on with this employee while they are on the clock.

And yes, I'm a nurse. So you can imagine the outcry it would cause if I turned up positive for cannabis during a drug screen.

But you know what? Using cannabis last month does not make me impaired today. I have worked with nurses who come to work hungover. That's impaired. And on the clock too. What happens to these nurses? Typically, they are sent home "sick." They are not sent to pee in a cup and face the loss of their job. Basically, it's a chuckle, chuckle, nudge, nudge, don't do that again, see you tomorrow.

Why? Because alcohol is a legal drug. And a lot more harmful than cannabis, thank you very much.

I am sick and tired of being discriminated against just because my medicine of choice is illegal. Actually, the ONLY thing wrong with cannabis is that it's illegal. It doesn't hurt anyone. Never has, never will.

So, until I find a nursing facility that looks at the truth instead of falling for the lies about the "evil devil weed," I won't be working as a nurse in a facility. Period. End of story.

But you know what? That's just fine with me. I'm working to be able to help many more people than I ever could in a facility. And not being tied to a "job" per se, helps me to be able to do just that. So, watch me fly!