Little did I realize that I would end up working at two other MMJ mills up until I finally left my naturopathic career.
My plan was to work there for six months, until I could find a higher paying position as a primary care provider. The ad sought naturopaths for part-time work certifying MMJ and promised good money. First-year residents at Mayo earn $53,270 with benefits. At $39,000 per year, tuition at Bastyr costs nearly the same as the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine-a top medical program. I needed extra income to pay student loan bills from attending Bastyr University. I had already been working for about a year at a naturopathic family practice in what was considered a “naturopathic residency.” I made an annual salary of $29,000 without benefits. My first job authorizing MMJ was at a well-known pot clinic in Seattle. For them, pushing pot is a lucrative calling but not one without legal and ethical problems. Many naturopaths in Washington and Arizona rely on income from MMJ authorizations. The earnings from MMJ jobs provide a much-needed boost to naturopaths struggling to make ends meet. Mainstream medical positions are rarely available to naturopaths and for good reason-we are not trained in medicine, but in a pseudoscientific belief system that resembles medical school only on the surface. The average naturopathic graduate has as much debt as a medical school graduate but has poor job prospects. Like most other naturopaths, I entered the MMJ business for the money. In Seattle and Tucson, I held part-time jobs at such MMJ mills.
There are also MMJ mills that cater to large volumes of patients who actively seek out MMJ certifications. My former colleagues who had family-oriented practices certified patients to use MMJ in every naturopathic clinic where I worked. That is, I certified patients to use medical marijuana (MMJ) when I practiced as a licensed naturopath in Washington and Arizona.
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