Sandy • You can use medical marijuana and cannabis products and still apply to be a police officer in Utah, but you’re going to have to show your use was legitimate and that the medicine was authorized under state law.
Utah police and the academy that trains them are trying to navigate the new world of medical marijuana and cannabis. The products were once verboten for anyone wanting to be a cop in the Beehive State. Even applicants to the academy had to disclose if they had ever used marijuana — legal or otherwise.