is telling my doctor I smoke weed OK now in 2020 in California.

If they’ve taken any kinda sample from ya like piss or blood they prob already know whatya been up too lately

 

I don't know.
I still dont tell my dr I smoke weed, just because way back before legalization, I remember reading that some drs wont give out the good meds if you have drug usage on your file. Not that I think my dr would do that, but say u break ur pelvis, something crazy like that and go to the ER in the future, the ER dr sees "marijuana" on there and then decides to restrict u from any good meds and give u ibprofin. Fuck that.

 

Yup my pysc is the dr that frist made a recommend, he told me not to tell my primary. Like he said, it isn't any of their business. The effects of cannabis are nominal to interact with other meds. Its against the law for them to test for illicit drugs unless your in the er for an unknown reason. Like brass always says, you cant uncook a steak.

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Only if you want accurate medical advice and treatment.

 

I’ve always been honest when they ask about recreational drugs.

 

So at a federal level it's illegal. Most insurance companies are in more than a few states. This might be a reason to dump you if you start costing them money

 

I would suggest that you tell your doctor if you use any type of drug because it directly influences a treatment that you may be prescribed. It is written above that if the doctor knows that you use drugs, he will prescribe medicines of lower quality, but I do not believe this is the case. In reality, if you hide this fact from your doctor, he may prescribe you a treatment incompatible with a drug you use. Smoking weed is not as dangerous as using cocaine, and, at that, doctors are required to keep all patient data confidential. But if you are still afraid to talk about it with your doctor, you can use the online platform iinsight.biz. After you specify all your data there, you will be able to consult a doctor who, when you tell him you regularly smoke weed, will react professionally.

 

To an extent

If you are a woman with mj in your record you will be drug tested at birth and CPS will be involved if you test positive, I also wouldnt smoke while pregnant anyhow, but I do wonder if being honest with my doctor cost me from getting better drugs after labor, it was very difficult to get anything, and I did have a nurse try to get me something stronger, as in she requested xyz and they didnt give me that at all, not even close.....they gave me fucking motrin

Youd think a negative test and 9 months of no usage youd be treated like someone who can manage their shit

At the time I told my doc, I thought I was doing the right thing, and she does seem pro MJ, but it still happened



Doctors are mandated reporters

 

I just don't tell my doctor's anymore.

For what it's worth, using cannabis daily helped me wean off opioids, after 4 back operations.

Lying to your doctor is certainly not ideal, but my thinking is that I am my own doctor and I know what's best for me. And really they work for patients, we don't work for them.

 

Do you still have apnea? Do you exercise and what is your body fat %?

 

There are now rx medications coming with marijuana as part of a warning, like alcohol can increase affect etc.

 

Periodic or regular exposure to cannabinoids may not cause visible physical damage, but often the harm of marijuana is manifested by the development of severe forms of mental disorders, such as mania, schizophrenia, and other forms of psychosis. So, we can talk about the formation of drug addiction that requires treatment. Believe me, I know what I'm talking about. The fact is that I have been working as a narcologist for several years, and before that I studied at the trinity school of medicine Ultimate Guide to Caribbean Medical Schools. For several years of work, I saw so many people smoking weed, who needed not only a narcologist, but also a psychologist with a neurologist..

 

There are reasons you might want to tell the Doctor also...

Cannabis might interact with other drugs the doctor is/will prescribe for you in ways that aren't good.

 

I went to high school with my Doctor.
He was a freshman when I was a senior .
I knew his older brother very well who was a senior as well . There was no need lying to him especially when I first started seeing him because he always wanted to talk about the crazy shit his brother and I did in high school
By the way his brother is a criminal defense attorney now .
I wouldn't recommend being dishonest with any Doctor or Defense Attorney !

 

I only talk to them after I ask them one simple question.
How do you feel about the endocannabinoid system?
Mostly I get blank stares or they get really uncomfortable. They don’t get anymore of my time.
Increasingly though, I get a positive reply and have had some very enlightening conversations with them. The young docs get it, but the old guard was never taught about it so they are at a loss.

 

Correlation is not causation.

 

Hell my MD was the one who told me to try smoking weed because her supervisor won't let her prescribe opioids anymore.