Medical marijuana user who was denied liver transplant dies

May 2, 2008

(AP) -- A man who was denied a liver transplant largely because he used marijuana with medical approval to ease the symptoms of hepatitis C has died.



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mrlewish
May 02, 2008

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I was not aware that these transplant hospitals were under the obligation to enforce federal law. They are not police officers nor DAs nor Federal Marshalls. This makes as much sense as no transplants because of traffic tickets because there is a know association between traffic tickets and accidents/injury which would put a tranplanted organ at risk. A Hospitals duty is to treat sick people and not make moral judgements.
xen_uno
May 03, 2008

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Right on! I see a big lawsuit in that hospital's future ...
DrPhysics
May 03, 2008

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They are making medical, NOT federal law decisions. No law suit will follow. Grow-up guys. Smoking dope because you like the way it makes you feel isn't good for surgery of positive outcomes. AND let's talk law ............ why should should that bozo be placed ahead of others on the transplant list that are doing everything they should be FOR their health. Do you hate people that much?
xen_uno
May 04, 2008

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Consider that he was at the bottom of the list at one time, also that it was for a liver transplant, not lung. I haven't read anything yet that proves mary jane is physically damaging to any organ in most cases, possible exceptions being to memory functions and the non-physical side effect ... dereliction of ambition. Did you just breeze over the article and pick out just what you liked? An AMA & state licensed doctor gave him the OK, an AMA & state licensed hospital refuted. I don't dislike him any more than I dislike people in general.
COCO
May 05, 2008

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Marijuana = Death - another example and why we have these laws!! In my country this chap would have been in prison - America must wake up or pot will kill you all!!
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