Can a licensed medical marijuana patient be a licensed pharmacy technician in Washington?
I am in school to become a licensed pharmacy technician, and I have been licensed to smoke pot legally for medical purposes. I have severely chronic muscle pain over roughly 60% of my muscles and pot makes the pain almost none existent. I use it in my personal time and am in no way under the influence during school or work. Is it possible or do I have to actually ask the Washington State Board of Pharmacy if I can be. Any help would be great.
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE pot and love to be high, I’ll be honest. But I could live without smoking it completely comfortably if I didn’t have this pain, so that and liking smoking keeps me smoking. But who honestly doesn’t love to be high on pot? And no I do not use any other drugs and do not want to, I don’t even drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, just pot.
Any help would be great.
Chris
A good MMJ argument for your hand not ending up in the cookie jar!
Honestly I know people who don’t like to be high or high on pot. I know..? giggitty.
The credentialing requirements do not look to drug test. Technician training is with a national store chain and might require a drug test. Nice – your gonna like the application. There is a note “the use of controlled substances not obtained legally or taken according to the directions of a licensed health care practitioner.”:
http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/Professions/Pharmacy/Documents/PhTechApp.pdf
The State web page – read the forms and the process – hey – there is a news letter you should join!
http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/Professions/Pharmacy/default.htm
Job application and testing for employment is your only concern. Other than keeping a low profile on being a patient. Good Luck!