I hate stoner culture. I hate weed. I hate how criminal records of weed dealers are not being expunged. I hate how the legalization of weed means nothing because the records are not being expunged. I hate how my hometown smells even worse. I hate it all.

I live in SoCal. It’s almost inescapable. God, it’s fucking insufferable.

But I’m also a nursing student.

And even though I hate weed and stoner culture, I don’t let it inhibit how I take care of my patients. Some of them genuinely need it to manage pain; some of them require more anesthetic so that they don’t wake up in the operating room.