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Whoa, did that happen to you? I may just be lucky with the state I live in or the practitioner I got but I had 0 issues getting adhd or ssri drugs prescribed while being perfectly open about all that.
Yeah, California. It depends on the provider. I had to completely switch and go with someone else. California is weird about company policies and federal law. I even tried calling back to see if it was a fluke, and they straight up said, "You been to rehab for Marijuana, yet?". Super frustrating. That's not verbatim, but that's the gist of it. I will say, it's been a while. I haven't checked back with that specific office in half a decade. I'm pretty sure they closed for obvious reasons. Arch medical Healthcare.
Edit: yeah it was Arch. They fucking suck.