COVID-19, Marijuana Edibles, Xanax Addiction, and more - Episode 23

Ask Dr. Drew

Dr. Drew

Health & Fitness, News Commentary, News, Politics

4.7 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2020

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Drew answers caller questions about catching COVID-19 twice, marijuana edibles, Xanax, helping family members with addiction, and more! Top questions include: My partner stopped taking anti-depressants and is now taking marijuana edibles. Should I be concerned? I'm having my gallbladder removed tomorrow. I'm also a cannabis user. What do you think of my diagnosis? What's the best way to stop taking Xanax? Someone in my home struggles with addiction. How can I help? Where should I set boundaries? Can someone contract COVID-19 twice? I was diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Is it bad to drink alcohol while taking Hep C medication? Get an alert when Dr. Drew is taking calls: http://drdrew.tv/ Ask Dr. Drew is produced by Kaleb Nation (@KalebNation) and Susan Pinsky (@FirstLadyOfLove). THE SHOW: For over 30 years, Dr. Drew Pinsky has taken calls from all corners of the globe, answering thousands of questions from teens and young adults. To millions, he is a beacon of truth, integrity, fairness, and common sense. Now, after decades of hosting Loveline and multiple hit TV shows – including Celebrity Rehab, Teen Mom OG, Lifechangers, and more – Dr. Drew is opening his phone lines to the world by streaming LIVE from his home studio in California. On Ask Dr. Drew, no question is too extreme or embarrassing because the Dr. has heard it all. Don’t hold in your deepest, darkest questions any longer. Ask Dr. Drew and get real answers today. This show is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All information exchanged during participation in this program, including interactions with DrDrew.com and any affiliated websites, are intended for educational and/or entertainment purposes only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome. We were taking calls today at 9842, Dr. Drew. I got a couple calls on hold already.
0:06.3	I will get you guys in just a minute. Our laws as it pertain to substances are draconian and bizarre.
0:12.3	The psychopaths start this way. He was an alcoholic because of social media and pornography, PTSD, love addiction.
0:18.2	Fentanyl and heroin. Ridiculous. I'm a doctor for a
0:21.6	say where the hell you think I learned that.
0:23.6	You go to treatment before you kill people.
0:26.6	I am a clinician.
0:27.6	I observe things about these chemicals.
0:29.6	It's just deal with what's real.
0:30.6	We used to get these calls on Lovelin all the time.
0:32.6	Educate adolescents and to prevent and to treat.
0:35.6	You have trouble. You can't stop and you might help stop it I can help I got a lot to say I got a lot more to say before the
0:47.4	mic heated up here a couple you were asking questions on the restream one was first
0:52.5	Tom Brady said I'm biased and I'd like to know. I started thinking about
0:55.9	that, why would I be biased? I mean, of course, everyone has some cognitive bias. And I thought
0:59.8	probably my mean bias is that I'm biased by my biological training as a scientist. And that kind
1:05.7	of gives you a way of approaching things that you might not approach things otherwise. That's
1:09.9	kind of a bias. And somebody, unfortunately, we erased the screen. So if somebody asked a good question
1:17.0	about masks, A, do they work? And yes, they categorically work, particularly when both people
1:22.7	are wearing a mask, probably a transmission that is very, very low, unless you're around that
1:27.0	person for a long period
1:28.3	of time and they're producing a high amount of virus. And another question was, why can we open
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