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Oh interesting. I've been pretty lowsec on telling my medical practitioners about my drug use. Looks like this is for keeping tabs on people who buy prescription drugs. It's not about searching your records for illicit drug use. I guess I stick to what I'm doing now.

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>I've been pretty lowsec on telling my medical practitioners about my drug use.

Also a good idea because physicians are less likely to prescribe you the same as someone else who doesn't use illicit drugs. They often make no distinction between someone telling them they use LSD once a year, or someone who admits they use opiates recreationally.

My provider requires random urinalysis and an expansive privacy waiver. (And everything is recorded in a state registry that is available to local government agents)

In the US, it is good practice to be careful with what you say to doctors, especially about drug use because patient-doctor privacy is mostly a myth these days.

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