02-18-2018, 02:47 PM
Do You Need To Tell Your Doctor About Smoking Weed?
Cannabis is all natural. So do you have to tell your doctor about smoking weed?
February 18, 2018
Callie Barrons
Do you need to tell your doctor about smoking weed? Over half the US has hopped on the green bandwagon in legalizing medical weed. Even still, in the states slacking on marijuana law reform want to medicate with pot. But is it actually OK to let the doc know blazing helps your symptoms? Do you really need to tell your doctor about smoking weed?
How HIPAA Keeps You Safe
Maybe this will help you chill about coming clean about using pot to your doc. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA offers the promise of a safe space at the doctors office.
Joe Elford, a lawyer at Americans for Safe Access, explains why youre in the clear.
A doctors recommendation for medical marijuana is very private since HIPAA makes it nearly impossible for even law enforcement to obtain private patient records. Great news! HIPAA secures patient privacy, so a doc cant go to the cops and turn you in for toking.
Still paranoid the doctor cant be trusted? The Center for Disease Control doesnt even want them bothering with looking for THC in routine patient drug screening anymore.
With the opioid crisis and health issues plaguing the nation, focus has shifted away from weed as dangerous. Instead, research has encouraged a growing consensus of weeds medicinal value....
https://hightimes.com/health/need-tell-d...king-weed/