She told me she'd been looking all over the country for a halfway house. She said that none would take her because of her prescription medications.
I told her that we'd take her - as long as the prescriptions weren't for opiates or benzos. But I spoke too soon.
Because the next thing she said was that she wasn't taking any of those. The prescription she was having a problem with was for medical marijuana.
That was a new one for me. So I patiently explained that because people are with us to get sober, pot smoking is unacceptable.
She said it helped with her various ailments. And I told her that I was sure it worked. But that our other clients might want to smoke along with her.
She finally asked for referrals to a halfway house that might help. I couldn't think of any.
I did suggest she look in Colorado or Washington, where attitudes toward marijuana might be different.
