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Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuana?

Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuana?


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Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

I think the questions should include... "Under the Influence while engaging with patients".

No it shouldn't. I would presume pretty much everyone would answer "no" to going to a doctor who they knew was under the influence.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

you dont realize that X points out a regular smoker here .regular smoking means " daily " if l am not wrong
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

As long as they kept smoking on their personal time...I would have no issue.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

As long as they kept smoking on their personal time...I would have no issue.

we cant know that
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

I'm not sure I'd want a doctor on pot, even if it's prescribed. I would think of it like any medicine that carried obvious and serious side effects. I wouldn't want someone doped up on codeine if their job is a truckdriver.

But hey, that's me.

The thing is, casual marijuana use doesn't have "obvious and serious side effects." It doesn't impair you any worse than alcohol, and the effects of heavy long-term use are debatably less. I don't see any reason why, if you would go to a doc who drank once in a while, you wouldn't go to one who smoked weed once in a while.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

we cant know that

If you can't tell, you've been pretty sheltered from pot. :lol:

But we can't know if the doctor took a shot 5 minutes before seeing you either.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

If you can't tell, you've been pretty sheltered from pot. :lol:

But we can't know if the doctor took a shot 5 minutes before seeing you either.

that was what l meant :lol:
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

we cant know that

Sure you can by simple behavior. You can easily tell if one has been smoking pot recently. It isn't exactly difficult.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

The thing is, casual marijuana use doesn't have "obvious and serious side effects." It doesn't impair you any worse than alcohol, and the effects of heavy long-term use are debatably less. I don't see any reason why, if you would go to a doc who drank once in a while, you wouldn't go to one who smoked weed once in a while.

Alcohol is legal. I'm also not as convinced that long term, regular use of marihuana has zero effect on a person's thought process.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

we cant know that

Sure can't, which is why I discriminate along demonstrated ability. If a doc smokes every day at home, but is a fantastic doctor; I'd see him for sure. If a doc abstains from everything, but is a terrible doctor; I won't see him. My personal morality doesn't come into play in this instance; just performance.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Sure can't, which is why I discriminate along demonstrated ability. If a doc smokes every day at home, but is a fantastic doctor; I'd see him for sure. If a doc abstains from everything, but is a terrible doctor; I won't see him. My personal morality doesn't come into play in this instance; just performance.

but pot smoking may affect performance which is why we are discussing it now .
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

but pot smoking may affect performance which is why we are discussing it now .

Then that deficient performance will manifest itself as poor performance and now you have a data point to go off of instead of supposition and assumption.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Alcohol is legal. I'm also not as convinced that long term, regular use of marihuana has zero effect on a person's thought process.

Legality is a pretty flimsy argument, frankly. And I didn't claim it doesn't -- but so does alcohol.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Then that deficient performance will manifest itself as poor performance and now you have a data point to go off of instead of supposition and assumption.

Well you may be ok with waiting until the doc has a giggle fit in the middle of your surgery, but if I would not knowingly take the chance on a pot-smoking doctor.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Legality is a pretty flimsy argument, frankly. And I didn't claim it doesn't -- but so does alcohol.

Really? Willingness to break the law does not raise concerns about judgment?
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Really? Willingness to break the law does not raise concerns about judgment?

Not inherently, no. There are lots of stupid laws, and the majority of us break some of them every single day. Most of us will have committed a felony or two by the time we hit middle age.

I am not swayed by the argument that the law must always be followed simply because it's the law. Of course, people should accept the possibility that they will be punished for ignoring such laws, but doing so is not implicitly wrong.

I just have a hard time thinking of what people do to their own bodies during their down time as "wrong."
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Well you may be ok with waiting until the doc has a giggle fit in the middle of your surgery, but if I would not knowingly take the chance on a pot-smoking doctor.

Yeah, I mean you have a lot to fear there. The doc may mistake your pancreas for a twinkie :roll:
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Unless it affects his performance on the job, why should I care what my doctor does in his spare time?
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Unless it affects his performance on the job, why should I care what my doctor does in his spare time?

How could it affect his performance?
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

How could it affect his performance?

Do I care if my doctor drinks the night before? No. Do I care if my doctor drinks so much that he has a hangover while seeing me? Yes.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

No it shouldn't. I would presume pretty much everyone would answer "no" to going to a doctor who they knew was under the influence.

With all due respect XF...I think that my full post would have added more clarity as to "under the influence" comment".

I said:

Removable Mind said:
I think the questions should include... "Under the Influence while engaging with patients".

As it is...there are probably a lot of doctors who use a vast number of drugs during the course of their practice, including alcohol. So my main concern is...are they using while practicing medicine during the course of their regular work day?

If so...then it's more than "regular use". It would be abusive use or dependent use.


I use to smoke pot "REGULARLY" for a number of years. That sometime meant from the time I got up...till the time I went to bed. That often included my work hours and personal time. I'm not a doctor by the way. At any rate, that's my personal view of "REGULARLY".

BTW...it's been over 25 years since I smoked pot. But I don't see any problem with anybody, regardless of their profession, who indulges responsibly and not during times where it might impair his or her judgment that might result in the injury or death of themselves or others.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Do I care if my doctor drinks the night before? No. Do I care if my doctor drinks so much that he has a hangover while seeing me? Yes.

Why are you telling me about your feelings on drinking? I didn't ask about that.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

With all due respect XF...I think that my full post would have added more clarity as to "under the influence" comment".

I said:




I use to smoke pot "REGULARLY" for a number of years. That sometime meant from the time I got up...till the time I went to bed. That often included my work hours and personal time. I'm not a doctor by the way. At any rate, that's my personal view of "REGULARLY".

BTW...it's been over 25 years since I smoked pot. But I don't see any problem with anybody, regardless of their profession, who indulges responsibly and not during times where it might impair his or her judgment that might result in the injury or death of themselves or others.

Can marijuana effect judgment? I'm told being high is better and safer than being hungover.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Really? Willingness to break the law does not raise concerns about judgment?

Almost everybody breaks at least 1 law everyday...knowingly.

Speeding.
Improper use of seat belts.
Not signalling appropriately.
Going a day or two over on registration/inspection.
Downloading a song online.
Downloading a discography, even!
Not picking up the dog's poo 'cause it was kind of runny and it's raining.
etc., etc., etc.

Nobody is a moral absolute. Why do we hold a doctor to a higher standard than a cashier? Perhaps the issue of judgment is too broadly applied here. Why should we be concerned about their judgment in terms of our care based upon the fact that they break a law, particularly when the breaking of that law does not intentionally or willfully cause harm to another (as opposed to say, a doctor that rapes women in his spare time)?
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Can marijuana effect judgment? I'm told being high is better and safer than being hungover.

Pot, alcohol, and a list of chemicals a mile long are considered to be "MIND ALTERING" chemicals. I would associate "mind altering" with "impaired judgment"...and the degree will vary from person to person.

At some point in time during the course of a day...I was usually hung over while high on pot...or another chemical or two...so I can't answer that for most people.

Being high...and being hung over....I don't see them as a compatible comparison, although I'm sure that each carry a risk of some kind.
 
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