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  clearly it is
context: god i must be old, i remember when nurses would wheel you to the designated smoking areas when you where in the hospital. >
  
  Old here. I remember when you could smoke in waiting rooms. >
  
  i remember when kids could buy cigarettes. >
  
  I remember buying a pack from a machine for 25 cents in Virginia, it was on the green for the 3rd hole at some golf course. Summer of '70 and I was 12 and just starting. >
  
  my brothers had a half a pack a day habit since they were ten and eight. >
  
  I remember when they first made chocolate.
  I hated it! >
  
  Fire... risk... >
  
  While not a fire risk I have personally seen vape set off fire alarms. Certain detectors are set off easier. Anything that breaks the beam will set it off.
  I work in a library and 3 times we've had our fire alarm set off due to somebody vaping in the bathroom. >
  
  Realistically though, especially on a THC vape cartridge, how much vapor do you think is being exhaled from a man who is in so much pain he has to life flat nearly around the clock, and can't even sit up without help?
  This being in Kansas, it would not surprise me in the least if this was just some shitty nurse throwing a fit because she doesn't like marijuana. >
  
  I mean nobody is allowed to vape in hospitals, it’s a fucking shared space. Yeah I get it that he’s dying, but so are a bunch of other people. Bring him fucking edibles if you want to sneak weed in. >
  
  Seconding that edibles aren't universal. I can eat hundreds of mgs of THC and feel nothing. Vaping is instant and universal. >
  
  Then it’s a good thing he’s in a hospital where they have pain medicine like morphine drips. Y’all acting like his only chance at relief is weed >
  
  More like a dying man wants his comfort drug, and it is a mercy to look the other way on something so minor. >
  
  Of course it is, assuming there’s no other patient in the room or staff. Vaping doesn’t only affect the person holding the vape pen. It affects the air surrounding you. If staff had looked the other way I wouldn’t be upset, but I’m also not upset that they don’t allow smoking or vaping in hospitals. Do you not think that’s reasonable? To disallow smoking and vaping inside a hospital? >
  
  With the exception of huge douchey clouds, I think the fuss about vaping is vastly overblown. Smoking is 100 times worse. I can't say that vaping is completely harmless, but i would be surprised in most cases if the effects aren't negligible.
  I could be wrong. I haven't read the relevant peer-reviewed studies regarding the cancer rates of second hand vaping, especially with regard to nicotine vs cannabis. But it's useless to combine the terms "smoking and vaping." They are two entirely different things and ought to be treated differently.
  This is speaking from the experince of living in a world where tobacco smoke was literally everywhere,  I don't find vapes offensive at all. I don't vape myself, but I don't see the real problem. Hardly seems worth the worry. Just don't blow it right in my face. >
  
  Crazy idea, just, don't show up to court. What are they gonna do? You're gonna die anyway, fuck it >
  
  Show up to court and hit the dab pen in front of the judge >
  
  Fucking LEGENDARY >
  
  What a great use of our criminal justice system. Terminally ill guy who can't even fucking stand has to be in court in a few days. Fuck the pigs, fuck that employee, fuck the prosecutor. Fuck everyone. >
  
  Well, it's either that or the cops go after actual criminals, and that takes effort and might get dangerous...
  As long as weed is illegal cops will prioritize that because it's easiest and safest to hassle users.
  All they have to do is "smell" it, search the person, and arrest them.
  It's easier and safer than even writing traffic tickets >
  
  Can confirm. I work at a liquor store outside of a jail and courthouse so we get the homeless, tweakers and sometimes people being violent. When we call the police and they hear the issue, they take about an hour to even show up even though their station is right around the corner. Realistically they don't want to deal with it but hey, that's what they signed up for right? Meanwhile they send 7 squad cars for a jaywalker. ¬_¬ >
  
  Admittedly, when a person is facing death, the damn justice system is still screaming on it, which is to destroy ordinary people.
  In contrast, there are so many gun cases every year, and tens of thousands of people are killed or injured by shootings, and even minors have no way to stop them.
  Bullshit laws, damn management. >
  
  Can't call it the justice system when it's so damned unjust. >
  
  It is more appropriately called a "legal system" >
  
  Or a punishment system as in "Punish me daddy", lol >
  
  It’s hospital policies. No smoking of anything inside by any one. This man needs Hospice, in-home if possible. He can smoke whatever he wants at his own place and Hospice nurses/ doctors are great with pain relief. 
  I’m an Oncology nurse >
  
  What asshole brought him a vape instead of edibles/tinctures? >
  
  I work at a medical dispensary, and edibles just don’t work for some people. Individual metabolism plays a big role, and it’s possible he could only get relief this way.
  Ninja edit: He still shouldn’t have brought it in. I just wanted to point out, some people can’t get relief from something that works wonders for others. >
  
  Or edibles can be overpowering for some. If I overdo edibles I’ll quite literally trip balls (out of body experiences, bubbling body parts, colored filter on the world, everyone has heads the size of South Park characters with tiny realistic faces in the middle, then everything had faces such as trees etc). If I vape weed too hard I just think about how everyone in life is mortal and think about my family dying. >
  
  Edibles make me lie down and hate the feeling. I can vape some weed and go back to yard work. I’ll never understand weed. >
  
  It's because your liver is converting the ∆9-THC into 11-OH-THC, which is about 10x more psychoactive. Literally a completely different cannabinoid. But a lot of people (me being one of them) have fucked up livers that either converts the THC too quickly or too slowly for it to be effective, which suckssss. I wouldn't mind getting blitzed out of my gord, but alas I will never know. >
  
  That’s soo interesting. TIL! >
  
  You really cannot smoke anything in a hospital. >
  
  Oxygen tanks everywhere. >
  
  Except a vape doesn't have sparking electricity or open flame. Not saying you should smoke in a hospital but there is as much of a risk with your phone being around >
  
  Youre still in a confined space in a medical care facility where others who are also on need of medical attention reside. I wouldnt want someone lighting up a cig next to me normally, let alone in a confined space where i may already have issues breathing. >
  
  I’m 1000% pro legal and would fight for that guy’s right to ingest thc…but if my elderly grandmother was in bed next to him and the thc he’s vaping is inflaming her allergies then dude has to stop. Period. >
  
  You can’t vape in a hospital. >
  
  So just take the vape and tell them to stop. No need to call the cops. >
  
  It imposes a serious fire risk (which could end up a lot worse than this). Also, I’m almost certain that the employee would have been fired or seriously reprimanded for failing to report it to the authorities. >
  
  Smoking is a serious fire risk due to an open flame. Because oxygen is highly flammable and there are pumps/outlets all throughout the hospital the open flame presents a higher probability of ignition. Vaping does not have an open flame. It does not pose a risk. 
  For those who say it can explode. A battery charging pack has a similar chance of exploding as a charging vape pen. Battery chargers are present throughout hospitals.
  Vaping isn’t good for you but I’m tired of it being lumped into the fire safety argument and it’s tolerance in a hospital environment >
  
  The battery chargers and batteries of multi-thousand-dollar medical equipment are far more reliable and far less likely to explode than a cheap $10 vape pen that has been designed for affordability, not quality. >
  
  I work with a bladder scanner from the 2000s that have two battery packs that dislodge to charge separately from the scanner. A glucose meter that we have been trained to watch out for an inflating battery. (A new system implemented this year). A new multimillion dollar renovation to the hospital that once every few weeks a little tick sparks when plugging into the outlet. >
  
  Of course there are always exceptions, but general trends still remain: I would still place my trust in hospital equipment before I would overseas-products-destined-for-gas-station-counters. >
  
  Yeah, you can't just smoke in a hospital room. Terminally ill patients don't get to ignore the rules. 
  I'm shocked the nurses didn't just take it from him, unless there is some kind of mandatory reporting process that got the cops involved, which I assume is what happened if he's been doing it for three weeks. >
  
  Yeah, I am totally sympathetic to this man's suffering... But there are dozens of other patients, some of whom may also be suffering extreme pain who cannot be exposed to the smell of the vapors given their conditions. And no matter how pro-pot you are, you cannot deny that the odor of marijuana is both extremely pungent and unpleasant.  If I were on my death bed I would not want my last experience to be the stench of skunky shit.
  Terminally ill patients are given access to potent pain killers. Has anyone asked why  this man feels the need to smoke pot for relief? This hospital fucked up if a terminally ill patient needs to sneak in alternative medicine to get relief. >
  
  Terminally ill patients are SOMETIMES given access to potent painkillers. The opioid nonsense doctors and hospital systems push these days leave er patients,post surgical patients,chronic pain patients,cancer patients and hospice patients without adequate (or in some places any) opioid pain control. I know it sounds crazy but I’ve seen it happen. >
  
  RN who works with hospice. Every hospice patient is given access to narcotics at least where I work. every single one. that doesn't mean they're getting IV dilaudid necessarily but if they need even that they get it. a lot of terminally ill people are not in any kind of pain at all. >
  
  My dad was on hospice for a few weeks last year before passing.  He did not get narcotics until the last week when he really got worse for infection in his knee.  (He was 95, old age got him mainly)  Still, he could have had it but everyone involved felt like he was in a situation to need it at the time, but that changed as time went by.
  I know Hays, KS, and I am willing to bet they have a hospice house.  My guess is he is not under hospice care, which blows my mind he is still in the hospital if he is this close to passing.
  Hospice has an unnecessary stigma and everyone should be educated on it and know the benefit of using it. >
  
  It was in a hospital it sounds like? So the regulation and standards, especially how exceptions may impact the hospitals insurance etc, this is probably something that could cause more problems than you’d think off the cuff >
  
  Downvotes incoming:
  The only reason this is getting so much of a reaction is because of the descriptor “terminally ill.” If he were any other patient, there wouldn’t be as many pearl-clutching comments.
  No one’s going to risk their livelihood (see: license to practice) or job (see: for being the one who confiscated this guy’s vape, the volatility of which is supported by the outrage in most of these comments) just because you’re terminally ill. Smoking and vaping aren’t permitted in hospitals; everyone knows this. He decided to fuck around anyway and found out. What exactly does anyone think would have happened for fuck’s sake?! Sorry to break the news, but to be honest if anyone should know this it’s the terminally ill guy: life isn’t fair.
  And for those ree-ing about him being “hauled into court and put behind bars,” calm the fuck down given you clearly have no idea how the basics of the criminal justice system work. At worst they would have let him appear via Zoom because his physician would have written him a note, but more likely they would have not expected him to appear at all given that’s how they handle most hospitalized people. And then, as was the case here, the case would be thrown out.
  EDIT to add: I’m just so fucking tired of people using weed as an excuse to whine about everything under the sun being unfair. The reason weed continues to have such a dumb reputation is because people use it as an excuse for being dumb or whining about rules rather than actually doing something to change them, which further enforces the “weed=lazy” trope. I fully believe all drugs should be decriminalized, but for christ’s sake changing the way we treat anything under that wide umbrella doesn’t change common sense. If you want common sense treatment of weed, use some fucking common sense yourselves. >
  
  Yep, agree with you. These comments vilifying the hospital staff are nuts. >
  
  Any time rage bait involving healthcare workers gets posted on Reddit the floor starts moving from all the hate toward healthcare workers. Like with that post the other day of the pharmacy employees telling a guy he couldn’t pay with a bag full of loose change. Bonus points if you’re an actual healthcare worker and you try to explain what’s going on and why and get flooded with hateful messages from people who have no idea what actually goes on. And people wonder why burnout is driving away healthcare workers in droves. >
  
  Fires and injuries while using oxygen are a huge and underreported problem.  In the healthcare system that I previously worked, there was a woman who used her vaping device and suffered severe burns to her face, neck and arms.  She was told that using vaping devices while on oxygen was a safe replacement for smoking.  The spark from the device triggered a flash explosion.  
  There are two types of explosions in the presence of an oxygen tank.  The less common is when the end ignites and becomes an unguided missile.  The more common is when the tank explodes and shrapnel is sent flying.   A young married firefighter with small children in Illinois lost his life responding to a fire from an oxygen tank explosion this way.  There is no national reporting among healthcare systems or Home Healthcare so the true incidence is not known.  It is more common to find individuals with face, neck and hand burns as well as melted oxygen tubing and carpet burns leading to the oxygen tank for those who continue to smoke, vape or are exposed to open flames as with a gas stovetop.
  This is particularly serious for those in multi residential buildings where the safety of others are at risk.  Healthcare fires are especially serious as it can be difficult to evacuate patients.  Due to HIPAA laws, the public is not notified when their neighbors may be placing other lives at risk.  
  These can be challenging issues to resolve.  Sometimes terminally ill patients can be stubborn but it is often a manifestation to their disease and medications they are taking; having discussions about the wellbeing of others often does not go well.  
  A terminally ill patient has the right to make decisions about how they wish to spend their remaining time unless they put others at risk. >
  
  Holy shit, the amount of potheads in the comments all like "BRUH WHY CAN'T HE VAPE IN A HOSPITAL". Well, let's go through a few off the top of my head
  
  Fire codes
  Odor
  Laws around smoking/vaping indoors
  Inconveniencing the staff
  Inconveniencing other patients/visitors
  the fact that fucking SUPER EXPLOSIVE OXYGEN TANKS are common around hospitals (not applicable to most forms of vaping)
  Interactions with other pain medication that the hospital could be liable for
  
  Like fuck off potheads, or at least have some common sense. Yes he's dying, but there are other pain relief methods and things like edibles that are just as effective for marijuana without violating several laws, hospital policies, and other regulatory requirements.
  edit: and yes, I'm aware vaping doesn't have an open flame, but it still gives off a vapor that can trigger fire alarms. There's also the issue of having to differentiate between vaping vs smoking that now has to fall on the nurses or other hospital staff lest they risk said explosion of oxygen. Plus, while this is pure speculation on my part, I'm not entirely sure someone who flagrantly violates hospital policies would stick with just vaping...
  edit2: Apparently there's is/can be a spark involved when using a vape? That's all you need to set off an oxygen tank, that shit is super sensitive and there's a reason when you're on oxygen you must quit smoking. >
  
  As a person who works in healthcare I can assure you there is a place on the hospital for patients to consume cannabis indoors. I can also tell you the patient would have access to this place and the assistance to get there as a palliative patient.
  Instead the patient said "fuck your rules, I'm dying" and staff said "fine, but you can't endanger other patients and staff by consuming your medication in your room".
  Patient ignored that.
  How do you maintain a safe environment for patients and staff when a patient refuses to comply? You have to call the police. It's just how it works.
  At the end of the day if you want private palliative care you have to pay for it to be in your own home. Unfortunately a hospital is only as private as it can be. If everyone who is dying for exceptions then hospitals would be filled to the brim with smokers and vapes. >
  
  Medical marijuana is illegal in Kansas... So no, there would not be a room for that >
  
  DON'T SMOKE IN A HOSPITAL! "I wasn't on oxygen." Great pal, but if you're in an ICU room, or more likely med/surg for hospice, there are oxygen connections set up for people who are on it. They're all carefully regulated and monitored but if there's a slight leak, sparking a vape could lead to a fire. And all those other people who aren't terminal, as well as all the people working in the hospital, now have burns at best. Or have exploded, and a medical center has been crippled.
  And for everyone who's pissed off at the hospital, you're the same as all the people who got pissed when they started banning regular smoking years ago. "IT'S MY RIGHT!" Yes, and it's everyone else's right to not smell or breathe in whatever you're smoking. "It's only a vape, and it's only water." I don't know that. Staff doesn't know that. And I'm sorry, but I'm not taking the stoned person's word for it. >
  
  yeah I can’t believe people are getting pressed over this >
  
  Cannabis suppositories! Takes 15- 20 mins to get into your system. Not the instant hit of a vape but way better then edibles. >
  
  My dad once caught one of his patients smoking crack after waking up from cardiac surgery…that was needed bc of smoking crack lol. His wife brought him a pipe and rocks. He didn’t call the police lol just shook his head and told the guy he was an idiot and had his wife take the stuff and leave. Unfortunately she tried again the next day 🤦🏻‍♂️ and got caught by hospital security. Again didn’t call police, just ordered her to leave and said he’d be transferred if he kept smoking crack in the hospital.
  When I was a nurse a colleague of mine tried to IVC a 91 year old man with cancer in pretty much every part of his body when he said he needed more pain relief and would be okay with dying rather than suffer like this. The psych ppl fortunately realized if they moved him he’d die within 5 min and called the pain control doc who was like “wtf is going on?”. Sadly was a common occurrence with her - would always force patients post-op to first try Tylenol and then ibuprofen for an hour each before giving their standing opioid rx. >
  
  Terminally chill, more like it. >
  
  Edibles a little more discreet? >
  
  Myself in NJ reading this while vaping from my high potency dispensary issued pen. 
  Well ain’t that some Kansas bullshit… >
  
  Hopefully the judge who gets this will have the intelligence and compassion needed to throw this case out the window....
  ...unlike the cop
  ...and the person who called the cops
  ...and the prosecutor bringing the case forward. >
  
  Yeah but smoking in a hospital is pretty disrespectful.
  Edibles are a thing too
  Edit... vapeing will still stink up the place.  Go outside >
  
  Vape not smoke >
  
  Vaping is banned in all the same places smoking is. It’s treated the same indoors.
  The point remains: edibles exist >
  
  Edibles aren't always an option - if you have intractable vomiting, you'll vomit long before you digest the THC and get the benefit of its effects. Vaping can also make you vomit, but at least you have a chance of getting from THC into your bloodstream and getting the vomiting under control (source: I suffer from intractable vomiting, it's horrible).
  I agree vaping in a hospital isn't okay, I wouldn't do it... but I'm also not terminally ill.
  At the very least I think we can agree that this person should not have been harassed by the police. >
  
  If you read the article, he was also eating THC paste.
  I’m not trying to say how it should be treated, just how it is. The fact this terminally ill patient has to go to court for drug charges when even his doctors told him to go for it is nuts >
  
  All these outrage comments…… people conveniently forgetting that smoking (& vaping) in a hospital has never been allowed. It’s a fire risk yo! Hospitals are littered with oxygen throughout. Let’s just go ahead and put everyone else’s grandma and grandpa in danger because of one cancer patient…  I love my MJ too guys and am waiting for it to be fully legalized, but no self medicating in hospitals.
  Edit: Should they be arrested and charged, NO. Should they have been doing it in the first place, also NO. >
  
  They smoked in hospitals for decades in America. Literally doctors smoking during an appointment and inside hospital building smoking lounges. >
  
  And for some odd reason we collectively agreed that was a terrible idea….. 
  hmmm 🤔 I wonder why? >
  
  Dead in a couple weeks? I think I’d roll up the most ridiculous doober and just sit and smoke it in the courtroom. >
  
  But unfortunately they’d just take it off you. >
  
  From my cold, dead hands. >
  
  Smoking and vaping of ANY kind isn’t allowed in the vast majority of hospitals. If someone keeps doing it, despite being told not to, they’re going to face consequences, regardless of diagnosis. If you need marijuana in the hospital, you need to be taking it in a form that doesn’t expose other patients and workers to it. Its not fucking complicated. >
  
  You can't smoke or vape in hospital. For lots of reasons - but the important point is YOU CAN'T. >
  
  Bad Boys Bad Boys what-you-gonna-do
  [bursting into operating room to arrest patient for parking violations]
  what-you-gonna-do-when-they-come-for-you
  [bursting onto plane to shoot emotional support dog barking at State Rep across aisle] >
  
  If people want to change the law so at least edibles might be able to be used here vote democrat. >
  
  Change is already happening. Biden signed the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act at the beginning of this month.
  It was actually bipartisan as well. >
  
  Don’t smoke or vape in a hospital >
  
  Misleading title, you can’t smoke in the hospital even if it was legal because of all the medical equipment and oxygen that’s used with other people. It’s not marijuana is evil thing, it’s a safety thing. Not sure why the officers had to be called. >
  
  If anyone is vaping any form of synthetics, stay away from plastic carts, the brand cookies and cake. They are not backed by any reputable COA’s and just word of mouth, super sketchy brand. You’ll get a lung full of pesticides, and other shit they don’t advertise. Just stay away from cookies and cake >
  
  Remember that when you call the police (at least in the USA), you are requesting a gun to resolve the problem. 
  Many of these enforcers are just average people who are not dedicated negotiators. Try to keep your mind focused and resolve non threatening situations yourself. When in doubt get someone with more experience or authority. >
  
  A lot of ppl are talking about cloud/vapor, etc… but what if the staff just smelled it?? They are required to report. 
  Some physicians (per fucked up policy) can’t/won’t continue pain meds if you have THC in your system. 
  Source: my 77 year old mother basically cannot walk anymore and she is on a very low dose of pain meds (5 mg hydrocodone 3x per day) which most days doesn’t even come close to managing her pain. She can’t walk, can’t drive, is home bound. But if she were to have edibles and dr. found out she would be discharged :(. 
  She’s never getting better. I don’t know why they won’t manage her pain better..
  Edit: love OP’s name Chooglin! >
  
  Bruh. I literally caught a severely diabetic terminally ill patient of mine getting absolutely ripped on his vape pen and smashing a sleeve of oreos just the other day. I didn’t even report that shit to the charge nurse. I took their blood sugar, gave insulin, and told them to use a doob tube or a wet towel under the door. >
  
  
  getting absolutely ripped on his vape pen and smashing a sleeve of oreos just the other day.
  
  It was me ten minutes ago, too. >
  
  Note to self:  avoid Kansas on next cross-country road trip. >
  
  I am on pallitive care in Texas. 
  I am a medical cannabis patient. 
  thankful to be off opiates.
  cannabis has been a blessing to me, with ho harsh side effects. 
  I have empathy for this hospital patient, may he find some peace..jmo >
  
  if he was in the hospital and he needed the specific effects of cannabis for relief of a particular symptom, then he'd have to take it orally. you can't vape in a hospital room. >
  
  I'm aware of this, as I use edibles
  I wish he would have at least used edibles, but I still have empathy. >
  
  What are they going to do -- kill him? >
  
  to death, for you! sleazy criminal! >
  
  I hope he skips the court appearance. Let’s see a judge sign that warrant. >
  
  Lmao I love the patient. What else do they have left to lose? >
  
  I’m surprised he wasn’t gunned down laying in bed. I see this as progress for our militarized, always in fear for their lives boys in blue. Donuts are needed to keep the blood sugar up so the trigger finger doesn’t tremble. >
  
  Loved ones come to hospital to see their family member. When the doctor sees what he's holding they call the police. Highly Healthy | Sponsored >
  
  Legalize euthanasia already! Patients right to die with dignity ffs.. >
  
  Grant a wish should allow the patient to vape some good smoke smoke >
  
  Guys we can downvote all we want, but this heartless moron actually has a point. Vaping can set off oxygen tanks which would make everyone in his vicinity terminal as well. >
  
  I believe the point is why were the police called?
  This was something the hospital staff could have taken care of.
  It never needed to go farther than the nurses and doctors on the floor >
  
  Yeah, the nurses could’ve done it. And done it in a way where it wasn’t an issue. But also, if I was a nurse, I wouldn’t want to be the nurse that took away the terminate ill patients vape pen. >
  
  I believe they have access to better stuff than most of us can get our hands on, just saying >
  
  Anybody who thinks this guy “deserved it” has never sat next to somebody they love and watched them die from cancer. Even the hospitals don’t care what you do past a certain point during the process of death. The guy who called the police is a fucking asshole. >
  
  Deserved what? The cop showed up, gave him a ticket, then went and asked for it to be dismissed. No vaping in the hospital, period. >
  
  FWIW, the police chief dropped all the charges.
  The hospital admins were required to report it (or they'd lose their job, and probably risk legal consequence), the responding officer was required to write report (or they'd lose their job). Once it got into hands of people who can actually make discretionary decisions, the entire thing was promptly dropped.
  This just shows stupidity of the laws that classify marijuana as Schedule I substance. Stop voting for politicians that pamper to ultra conservative evangelical voters, and we'll be all better for it.
  EDIT: Police in the US is less than perfect and in bad need of fixing. But this incident ain't on them. It's squarely on politicians. >
  
  Legalize the fuck out of it then establish concrete guidelines nationally.  ...............................................FFS............ >
  
  So, is there more information other than what the patient claims?
  If the staff called based on vilifying marijuana, they should seek other professions.
  I suspect and hope it may be more nuanced than what this brief article reports. 
  I’m a nurse.  We’re usually used to being assaulted, sexually harassed, etc. by patients.  Overall, the patients in my 15 years of experience are actually very graceful (especially considering the circumstances), but things be wild sometimes. >
  
  Vapor can carry covid or the flu, disperse nicotine or thc into the air supply to those who are allergic or would react badly to them. It takes away from the otherwise sterile atmosphere of a hospital >
  
  I totally agree it’s a bad idea to vape in such an environment.
  There is also Marinol if you are in a state where marijuana is illegal.
  I have given it to a patient in such a state to an inpatient. 
  Who knows why the police were called?
  Staff was ridiculous or patient was unreasonable. >
  
  Case dismissed, I would imagine. >
  
  Brooo I had this happen in the hospital I'm working at, I'm an RN. The patient wasn't terminally ill, but she was in a car crash and was bruised and broken bones had some damage. So, one day her friend visited and left and probably an hr later the fire alarm went and there's this whole procedure you have to follow. The sirens extremely loud and annoying, but I guess that's a good thing, but the whole hospital has to do this. 
  Anyway, we thought it was coming from another department, but then they announced over intercom it was one of the rooms on our department is what set the fire alarm off.  
  We rushed to her room and weed smell blasted me like standing in front of a massive fan and I was wearing a N95. The staff thought it was cigs but I knew the smell right away, it must have been some dank! I wasn't going to snitch it wranked smelly like some fire weed. >
  
  A compassionate physician would prescribe MARINOL for patients like this in states without access to medical cannabis programs. Physicians have tools but aren’t using them. Sure, it’s not as great as whole plant cannabis products but something is better than nothing. >
  
  Who called the fucking cops? People suck. >
  
  If it were up to me, I'd have it that anyone given a terminal prognosis should, short of murder or harming another living thing, get to do whatever they damn want for the rest of their days. It would be called the Breaking Bad Ammendment. >
  
  Context. I have an neurological condition / auto immune disease, and with that comes chronic pain. My grandmother also died from lung cancer and had chronic pain. Both of us have used CBD oils. Both of us have(had) smoked weed for fun. My bio dad also was held in hospital (Drs refused to do any sort of treatment after a fall) while in home hospice bc he was doing cocaine and wouldn't work on him until it was out of his system,  so as to not kill him... so I feel like I may be allowed to chime in here lol 
  But I agree with the staff / police with this one. This guy is in insane pain, yes absolutely. But why does his pain override the other patients / staff's safety when it comes to second hand smoke/vapor? They're in a hospital. Its perfectly reasonable to assume you have all manor of people with all kinda of serious or terminal illnesses in the wing with him. Not to mention their visitors. Who are all being forced to take part in this man's pain therapy. I know people who hate smoking, of any kind, and feel its reasonable for them not to be forced to sit in smoke(vapor) while in hospital themselves or while visiting someone. >
  
  What is with y'all?
  You can't just start smoking illegal drugs in a hospital whenever you want, terminally ill or not.
  I say this as someone who would love to see it legalized, but laws still apply—especially so in a hospital, where others are going to accosted by your smoke/ vape. >
  
  If vaping is a fire risk, then get the man some edibles >
  
  IDK hospitals have crazy potent opioids available so nobody really needs to bring in their own pain killers. If you’re terminal addiction is no factor.
  Smoking/vaping in a hospital might cause problems for other patients and the hospital since they have oxygen in use. They could let him eat THC laced edibles if he really wanted to.
  Lots of hospitals don’t even allow smoking on the grounds let alone in the building. >
  
  Opiates are not a bandaid solution to pain. They don't work as well for some people, and often the side effects are worse than the benefits. When my partner was having chronic pain from an injury she was prescribed oxy and hated taking it so much she would stick with weed to ease the pain. >
  
  People mad cops were called must not know that there’s most likely oxygen tanks inside the room which are highly flammable. This situation needed edibles not vapes >
  
  To be fair, vapes don’t cause combustion so I don’t think you run the risk of igniting anything. Also, I believe that O2 on its own isn’t flammable, rather it allows other compounds to burn. >
  
  
  Bretz is in the final stages of terminal, inoperable cancer and told The Wichita Eagle that he most often lies ‘flat on his back’ in his hospital bed and can’t stand up without being assisted. 
  
  They really cracked open a criminal mastermind case >
  
  Silly. Leave the man alone. >
  
  Get that man any medicine he wants, he’ll be dead before court anyway. Why does this country of freedom care what a person does with their personal property so much!? >
  
  It’s a fire risk. Every room in US hospitals is usually equipped with an oxygen supply valve. And given that he was terminally ill, I guarantee he has an open oxygen tank in his room. You know what will happen if his vape battery combusts? 
  Why the f should 1 selfish person put everyone else at risk? >
  
  Not sure why you’re being downvoted, this is fact. >
  
  They ended up dropping the ticket. The only reason they did was from outrage. Leave the guy alone, whatever makes his last few weeks of life close to bearable should be the goal for everyone regardless if it’s legal or not. >
  
  Absolutely Everything is Terrible with this…. >
  
  I think the article was updated, there's a big link in the middle of the page now to a followup article saying this has been dropped/resolved.
  Summons Pulled Against Man Found Vaping Marijuana In Hospital
  
  Responding officers issued Bretz a summons. However, after further review, Hays Police Chief, Don Scheibler pulled the summons and all issues are now resolved. >
  
  Who’s the piece of shit that called the cops? >
  
  America’s health care and justice systems summed up in one article… >
  
  Hospitals have policies. The patient violated the policy creating a safety hazard so the police were called. This isn’t controversial.