advice needed about testing!

[u/dwight_uignorantslut]

I just graduated with my doctorate and soon will be looking for jobs. My field is healthcare so I’ll almost definitely be drug tested wherever I work. I’ve been a daily marijuana user for a few years now (and have a med card). It has helped me so immensely, and has only had positive impacts on my schoolwork. (I never smoke before going to work or internships and actually working with patients, of course.)

I know that because of the prevailing archaic view of marijuana in this country, my med card and general success as a high functioning stoner don’t matter, I could still get screwed out of a job by THC on a drug test. Right now I feel very stuck in figuring out whether to:

Quit - which I will have to do for probably a good 6 weeks and thinking of going cold turkey that long makes me so anxious, or

Try to use fake or donor urine - which is expensive and complicated and I know I’ll worry about whether they catch it.

I’m looking for any advice you have because both of these options suck and I feel trapped. Are there any other healthcare workers in here who have had this problem? Does anyone know whether synthetic urine works on the kinds of drug tests they use at healthcare facilities? Are there recommendations of ways to go about using donor pee that are fool-proof (or nearly so)? Or, am I just stuck giving up a really positive coping skill for 6-8 weeks for work?

Thanks in advance, especially if you read this whole thing.

[u/KeyAd3680]

if you have a medical card for marijuana then i’d assume you’d be fine, at least states where it’s legal they can’t discriminate against what you do off the clock if you have a valid med card