MARIJUANA POT
Marijuana for Health & Substance Use Program
ABSTRACT: The basic tenet of The Nursing Office move towards establishing “Marijuana Pot,” Marijuana for Health & Substance Use Program is to open up a DIALOGUE on a topic that has been socially demonized and legally prohibited. While currently over 25 states have already initiated and/or passed laws to legalize medical marijuana, the stereotypes that mitigate against its proper use are still perpetuated by the media and popular opinion. It is proper ad timely than The Nursing Office as a Community Healthcare Delivery System be a part of this growing awareness and campaign to use a God-given plant and expose its varied and beneficial uses for healing and even curing certain illnesses.
Hence, an Educational Dialogue, gathering Users, Non-users, people in chronic pain, sufferers of long-term illnesses and psychotic disorders (like PTSD), health providers as well as care-givers and their families be allowed the space and time to learn and earn, to heal and help community members with proper and guided use of Cannabis, the new wonder plant.
Marijuana for Health & Substance Use – NYC Outreach
The Challenge
- Rampant use and abuse of marijuana in NYC, especially among youth.
- Businesses and lawmakers see cannabis as a revenue source, ignoring public health consequences.
- Contradiction in policy: smoking banned in restaurants, offices, and homes, yet marijuana smoke fills the air.
- Secondhand exposure pollutes the air we breathe, with unknown long-term effects on lungs.
- Youth at risk: only a small percentage of young people remain untouched by marijuana use.
Our Mission
- Protect community health by addressing misuse and environmental exposure.
- Educate families, caregivers, and youth about risks and realities.
- Empower nurses and health workers to lead the dialogue on safe practices.
- Advocate for responsible legislation that prioritizes health over profit.
Talking Points for Forums
- “Cannabis is not just a business—it’s a public health issue.”
- “Secondhand marijuana smoke is pollution, just like tobacco smoke.”
- “Revenue cannot come at the expense of our children’s lungs and futures.”
- “Nurses must lead the conversation—guided use, not abuse.”
- “We need laws that protect communities, not just markets.”
Call to Action
- Join our community forums in NYC.
- Support nurse-led advocacy for healthier neighborhoods.
- Help us build a movement for responsible cannabis use and regulation.
Evidence Based Testimonial on Marijuana
As Irene gets older, her bones and joints are deteriorating and compromised, making her almost bedridden. I cannot feel the pain, but when she walks and I hear her joints clicking, I’m admiring her more for every step she takes as graciously accepting her fate. Like a brave, good child, she quietly takes her pain. She already takes the end of the line non-narcotic pain medicine and now hinting me to try something more. She remembered an old hunchbacked woman she met long time ago who lives by the Church "Kapilya" in Calaca. Every morning, she boils some leaves from her plant. One day the Central issued a directive to kill all marijuanas to stop addiction and other drug related narcotics. They searched for Marijuana in every garden. When she saw the old woman’s plant, she took a sample and showed it to the church administration. Surely, it was marijuana! Her whole family got mad, after the plant was killed. It was the marijuana she drinks every morning and night that keeps her going, pain free and makes her sleep like a baby all night. Irene wants to try it now and see for herself.
~Myrna D. Santos, MSN, PHN, RN
Researcher, Principal
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