Quote Originally Posted by ThePeacockNamethTom
Have you ever tried marijuana or any other drug of a more power psychedelic nature?

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I know that it is very risking for anyone in the medical business to be associated with drugs; for example, if your hypothetical child was caught smoking the refer as a minor (bad) or even a adult (worse), you could face repercussions. At least in Kentucky.
Have I tried grass? Oh, heck yeah. I smoked enthusiastically back in college and loved it. And last summer before I started med school but after I left my corporate job, I toked with my sister when she was using it to alleviate chemo side-effects. Seemed the proper social, supportive thing to do. Loved it then, too except that smoking anything plant-based isn't easy on my asthma or allergies. At the end of the summer when she no longer felt like smoking, I didn't keep it up. School was about to start, and it's just very awkward with cannabis being illiegal and considering my circumstances. I've never done anything stronger than weed and don't plan to, unless you count alcohol, but I was always a lightweight drinker, too. The minute cannabis is legal, I'll definitely be the first one in line. It's so much safer than alcohol.

Here in Texas, doctors who are found to use illegal substances can face license sanctions or loss of license, and of course if the illegality (such as large-scale possession or intent to distribute) is bad enough, they can face criminal prosecution, too. I don't know of any laws in our state that might cause problems for docs if their kids were found to smoke, since it's fairly easy to establish drug-free status with lab testing and since most people know kids will be kids, even when their parents are physicians. But I do know that when adults in Texas are found to be involved in illicit drug use, even if it's something benign like grass, the police departments or courts routinely have Child Protective Services review those situations. That's scary--the fact that children can still potentially be removed from their homes and parents for weed and nothing worse.