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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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Simple question. I ask because I'm curious just how confident y'all would be in a Doc who you knew was a regular pot-smoker.

Choices will be yes, no and maybe. Need a sec to get the poll up (that sounds bad).
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

maybe. It depends on how I knew. If I knew him personally and knew he smoked that way, sure, I would go and let my family too. If I had an appointment and he came in smelling like he was just out in the car burning one, then no, absolutely not. Exactly the same way I feel about alcohol.
X Factor said:
Simple question. I ask because I'm curious just how confident y'all would be in a Doc who you knew was a regular pot-smoker.

Choices will be yes, no and maybe. Need a sec to get the poll up (that sounds bad).
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As long he wasn't under the influence when he is practicing medicine and didn't preach about it. I would have no real problem with him since my state legalize it ( and yes I know the Feds still ban it).
 
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Nope.

Smoking pot, IMO, is bad judgement for an adult. If people want to smoke it, fine, but I can also exercise my own judgement and find a different doctor. It's not like he's pumping cas or ringing up a beer sale, he's involved in a very serious business, and any incapacitation can affect his judgement.
 
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I might if they were better than the other doctors I had. In moderation and having a fairly sound mind already they wouldn't necessarily be a bad choice. If they were a raging head, smoking a doob out back with the staff before I entered the building, then I'd have second thoughts.

I've worked with a lot of educated and intelligent physicians who didn't have a lot of compassion or common sense, which can be worse.
 
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Ringing up beer sales is serioius buisness too. :doh
GottaGo said:
Nope.

Smoking pot, IMO, is bad judgement for an adult. If people want to smoke it, fine, but I can also exercise my own judgement and find a different doctor. It's not like he's pumping cas or ringing up a beer sale, he's involved in a very serious business, and any incapacitation can affect his judgement.
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mak2 said:
Ringing up beer sales is serioius buisness too. :doh
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Not quite of the same caliber, lol.

One you may get charged the wrong price, one you may not diagnosed with a condition that could be fixed/cured if it had been diagnosed.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Not a chance, in fact, if I knew it for a fact (rather than just a suspicion), I'd turn him in to both the police and the AMA.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Sure. Why not? I'd probably trust a pot head more than an alcoholic.
 
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My last family doctor, skinny as a bean pole, used to always counsel me about weight until he died from colon cancer in his early 60s. I haven't had a family doctor since and I only visit a clinic when I need to get a flu shot each year or when I have a particular ailment. Regular visits to the doctor gets you a lot of unnecessary tests and suggestions for drug use, that I personally oppose, so I don't bother.

Many things that cause death can be prevented, like don't walk off the curb into heavy traffic, but I'm old enough to know that eggs were good for you before they were bad for you before they were good for you - all fat is bad except now some fats are good and necessary - and my favorite, cholestorol drugs are life savers except for all those complications they cause your liver and other internal organs.

We all have to go sometime - enjoy life while you can, tell people you love that you love them every chance you get, be good to people and don't begrudge those who aren't any given day, and stay away from regrets, etc. - then, when it's your time to go, it won't be so bad.
 
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GottaGo said:
Nope.

Smoking pot, IMO, is bad judgment for an adult. If people want to smoke it, fine, but I can also exercise my own judgment and find a different doctor. It's not like he's pumping cas or ringing up a beer sale, he's involved in a very serious business, and any incapacitation can affect his judgement.
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A vote !
Maybe
I place marijuana in the same category with alcohol, cigarettes, and other crap.
If the doctor places his patients first, then - no problem.
A real turn-off is a man and his room smelling with the stench of smoke....or a dentist with alcohol on this breath...
Ugh!
The client comes first...and foremost...
Our Federal Government must grow up and legalize marijuana !
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Sure, why not.

As a little kid, I was operated on by a talented surgeon who got dumped into our unpriviliged clinic on the industrial outskirts of Moscow as a punishment, because he applied for emigration, being an ethnic German. It was one hell of a multiple trauma, low chances, etc. After many hours of cutting and suturing, he emerged into the waiting room, declared victory - and gulped down half a bottle of Armenian brandy, to relieve the stress.

Do you think my parents were concerned in the least that the man, obviously, drinks?

(On his 90th birthday, I have sent a crate of commemorative "Ararat Akhtamar" to his Californian work address. He doesn't practice anymore - only teaches, but that's because of the old age and arthritis, not because he still drinks alcohol).
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

I would not, nor would I regularly use a doctor who drank excessively, or smoked cigarettes at all.
 
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i feel the same way about it that i do about alcohol. i don't much care if the doc knocks back a few drinks at night, but he should be sober at work. the effects of pot linger a bit longer, but if he's smart enough to get through med school, then he probably has a good chance of knowing his limits and handling his **** properly.
 
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X Factor said:
Simple question. I ask because I'm curious just how confident y'all would be in a Doc who you knew was a regular pot-smoker.

Choices will be yes, no and maybe. Need a sec to get the poll up (that sounds bad).
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Regular? No. A lot of people can handle their pot just fine, but I just couldn't take the chance that my doctor would fit into the category of people who can't. I know we could go on all day about which substances are worse, but my answer would be the same if the question was about alcohol, meth, heroine or lsd. By the way, the operative word that was most important to my answer was "regular."
 
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I'm the same way. If I found out he used, sure. If I found out he used regularly, no.

It's not hypocritical, since I would have an issue going to an alcoholic doctor as well, but not one I saw having a beer or 2 after work in a bar somewhere.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Yeah, I would. So long as he isn't smoking on the job.

It's not much different than a doctor who regularly drinks beer (or wine, or scotch), and maybe even LESS significant than that.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

I voted maybe for pretty much the same reasons as everyone else.
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

You all are trusting. I actually did quit using a vet that I had taken my dogs to when a friend of mine, who knew the guy personally, told me he was a known pot user.
 
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X Factor said:
Simple question. I ask because I'm curious just how confident y'all would be in a Doc who you knew was a regular pot-smoker.

Choices will be yes, no and maybe. Need a sec to get the poll up (that sounds bad).
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Why is he smoking it regularly? Is it for recreation? Or because he was prescribed it as a treatment for a particular medical issue, such as one related to cancer?
 
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samsmart said:
Why is he smoking it regularly? Is it for recreation? Or because he was prescribed it as a treatment for a particular medical issue, such as one related to cancer?
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I was thinking of a recreational user, but does it really matter?
 
Re: Would you go, or take family, to a doctor that you knew regularly smoked marijuan

Depends on what "regular" means. Also, I believe that there may be ethical issues in regards to his smoking with his malpractice insurance.
 
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X Factor said:
I was thinking of a recreational user, but does it really matter?
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Of course it matters.

A recreational user does it for entertainment and enjoyment.

A medical user does it because doing so maintains his physical health, and not doing it will cause his health to deteriorate.

That's a big difference right there.
 
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CaptainCourtesy said:
Depends on what "regular" means. Also, I believe that there may be ethical issues in regards to his smoking with his malpractice insurance.
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Let's say he (or she) smokes it at least a couple days every week.
 
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X Factor said:
Let's say he (or she) smokes it at least a couple days every week.
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I'd probably consider it in the same category as someone who's drinking a couple of days every week. How inebriated are they? Is it affecting their job?
 
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