[Proud90sKid]

I have a medical marijuana card in the state of Florida. Every state has a different program, but as marijuana is still classified as a schedule I drug at the federal level, most regular doctors do not offer recommendations for it. I think they even need to be seek the state certification to even be able to give recommendations (and your doctor doesn't sound like the type). You typically have to go to a cannabis doctor to get this type of treatment. Those doctors will usually get you "good" if you know what I mean, because access to cannabis is what they sell for a living. In Florida and many other states, anyone who has ever seen a psychologist or doctor for basically any reason can just walk in and get approved at a cannabis doctor with very few questions asked. When I was approved last, the doctor literally did not ask me anything, just gave the approval and that was it. I'm not even sure if she opened her mouth the entire time.

You would for sure qualify in Florida. PTSD is one of the conditions that is explicitly allowed a medical card- by the voters. This has been expanded to include "other debilitating conditions", but having a diagnosis of PTSD will most likely straight up qualify you in most medical states.

But the lack of federal approval does have the drawback in that there have not really been the studies done to show that specific doses of specific products work for specific conditions. Cannabis science is new and a lot of the "well known facts" have actually turned out to be supported by weak science. So really, take this sort of treatment with a greater grain of salt. I am honestly just using the medical card to get access to dispensaries, as are most people that I know. I was approved for "anxiety".

There are exceptions to "regular doctors not prescribing cannabis". I went to a gastroenterologist once and it turned out that she also prescribed cannabis for patients with Crohn's. I think that a regular non-cannabis doctor like her though, would be much more conservative and reserved with regards to giving people recommendations than a cannabis doctor would be. They would probably watch it very closely like a medication.

That said, you need a new doctor anyways unless you have demonstrated problems with narcotic drugs in the past. While narcotic drugs have a large number of problems associated with them, they are also sometimes necessary to prescribe. Some doctors refuse to prescribe things like adderall to people with ADHD, or occassional benzos for panic attacks. I think they are doing those patients a real disservice. And no birth control?