Pot-smoking Mountie can't smoke in uniform, RCMP says

[Locutus]

Maintiens le droit eh.

Cpl. Ron Francis legally smokes marijuana daily while on duty to treat post-traumatic stress disorder

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer with a medical marijuana prescription thinks he should be able to smoke the drug while in uniform, but the RCMP says he can't smoke marijuana while in red serge or while wearing his regular working uniform.

Cpl. Ronald Francis serves with J Division in New Brunswick, and received a prescription for medical-grade marijuana on Nov. 4.

Francis told CBC News marijuana has helped him to calm down and reduces his PTSD symptoms. His prescription allows for three grams a day, which he estimates to be nine to 15 joints, though he said he doesn’t typically smoke that much.

“I get up in the morning, have my coffee and the marijuana. I go at lunchtime, have a marijuana joint, and then again in the evening. That would be my medical regime. But that may change with my tolerance to THC. It may take two joints in the morning, I don't know," said Francis.

"I'm just building up my immunity to THC levels, if I was to smoke two I'd probably get stoned to the point that I'm just totally relaxed. I'm still functional. But your nervous system is relaxed, and that makes a big difference," he said.

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Pot-smoking Mountie can't smoke in uniform, RCMP says - Ottawa - CBC News

 

[mentalfloss]

This the perfect case for decriminalizing the drug without legalizing it.

 

[petros]

He might get the inevitable pinhole burns in his tunic.

 

[grumpydigger]

as long as his duty's are restricted and he is not allowed to carry a gun no problem... Hey turn those flashing lights on and play some jimi hendrix

 

[petros]

Why?

 

[taxslave]

Why?

Cause we like Hendrix.

 

[WLDB]

Doesnt really matter to me one way or another. Im sure the Mounties have much bigger issues to deal with.

 

[Goober]

Well meds are meds- the cannot legally deny him the right to his legal meds.

 

[grumpydigger]

Pot-smoking Mountie has uniform seized by RCMP - New Brunswick - CBC News

Im sure he wont mind smoking 9 to 15 joints a day at work in his underware

 

[karrie]

Well meds are meds- the cannot legally deny him the right to his legal meds.

No, they can't. But, there are also a lot of rules about smoking at work, based on health reasons, as well as rules in most workplaces about working with odors on you. It seems to me that smoking pot in your uniform kind of violates all of those (and yes, I am pro-legalization, but also pro-intelligence). Would you be willing to hand your pot over to the officer who stinks of it? lol.

 

[petros]

And that is why everyone (legit) I know who uses at work uses sublingual methods to dose their cannabis.

 

[Goober]

No, they can't. But, there are also a lot of rules about smoking at work, based on health reasons, as well as rules in most workplaces about working with odors on you. It seems to me that smoking pot in your uniform kind of violates all of those (and yes, I am pro-legalization, but also pro-intelligence). Would you be willing to hand your pot over to the officer who stinks of it? lol.

Take your legal meds in a respectful way? I wonder how that wording came about. Does it apply to other meds or just grass?
This could have been easily addressed by ordering and reimbursing him to wear civilian attire at work.
As to odors- that can be addressed as well.

From the link

“Because this is relatively new for active members of the RCMP, we are looking at the internal policies to see, how do we set it up? To say, OK, if somebody is prescribed medical marijuana and they have to take it two or three times a day and have to take it at work, where is this going to take place? If it takes place outside, it has to respect the individual but also their co-workers, and it has to respect the Canadian population at large by taking it in a respectful way.”

The RCMP has the right to challenge medical treatments it considers inappropriate, and to seek a second medical opinion, Moreau said, adding that RCMP will evaluate any member who obtains a medical marijuana prescription.

If they are found to be impaired in judgment or motor skills, the RCMP will place limits on the police functions they're permitted to perform, he said.

 

[karrie]

Does it apply to other meds or just grass?

I'm willing to bet the diabetic cop who stands outside the front door and sticks a needle in themselves, would also face a discussion.

 

[petros]

Diabetics get a sharps bucket in the bathroom to do their meds. Cannabis can be taken orally with near instant prophylaxis right at a desk without anybody getting their sh*t in a knot.

 

[taxslave]

legal pot must be worse than bunk. IF I smoked 10-15 joints a day of normal pot ......... well I wouldn't be able to smoke that much and still roll, never mind work. Got any chips?

 

[Goober]

I'm willing to bet the diabetic cop who stands outside the front door and sticks a needle in themselves, would also face a discussion.

Not if he needed an injection asap.

 

[petros]

legal pot must be worse than bunk. IF I smoked 10-15 joints a day of normal pot ......... well I wouldn't be able to smoke that much and still roll, never mind work. Got any chips?

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[karrie]

Not if he needed an injection asap.

Obviously not GOober, you're stretching what I'm saying. You know they don't go stand at the public front door and use needles on a regular basis, and if they did, they'd see the same lecture this guy is.

 

[MHz]

I wonder how many walk up to his window in his squad car and asked for drivers and registration while taking in a really deep breath and then walking away while holding it in.

 

[Goober]

Obviously not GOober, you're stretching what I'm saying. You know they don't go stand at the public front door and use needles on a regular basis, and if they did, they'd see the same lecture this guy is.

Yes I am in the same way you are. The RCMP had a number of ways to address this. But political correctness, backwoods attitude, Official Govt attitude toward grass as a treatment prevented them from using what the good Lord gave them. Their brain.