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My friend is about to have a surgery on the shoulder is it okay to let him smoke marijuana after?
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NO: Post op patients should optimize their general health, with rest, good diet, and avoidance of non prescription drugs. Marijuana does not have analgesic properties, and smoking of any kind reduces oxygen availability to the repair, and could hurt healing. Good luck to your "friend.".
Answered 12/30/2016
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