Doctor Questions COVID-19

Can you take marijuana while having covid?

I have covid but I’m not sure if I could smoke a blunt because I don’t know if marijuana has a bad effect on covid.

Female | 17 years old

2 Answers

Good day to you!
Thanks for your question. My humble opinion is you should avoid any cannabinoid if you have Covid-19, except your physician prescribed that to you knowing your health condition.
My best and stay safe,
Thanks for the question. There is actually a study that shows that smoking marijuana does not predispose to worse symptoms or outcome with COVID. Oddly enough, that same study shows that if people are exposed to secondary marijuana smoke, that is in the same room, have a much higher risk of poor outcome. So if you must smoke, do it alone. Cigarette smoke does predispose to poor outcome either in the smoker or people exposed secondarily.