Medical marijuana patients face transplant hurdles

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Tim Garon lies in his hospital bed as his girlfriend Leisa Bueno leans over to give him a kiss while they wait to hear if he will be put on a transplant list to receive a new liver Thursday April 24 2008 in Seattle. Garon was refused a spot on the tr ...
Tim Garon lies in his hospital bed as his girlfriend, Leisa Bueno, leans over to give him a kiss while they wait to hear if he will be put on a transplant list to receive a new liver Thursday, April 24, 2008, in Seattle. Garon was refused a spot on the transplant list, largely because he has used marijuana, even though it was legally approved for medical reasons. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

(AP) -- Timothy Garon's face and arms are hauntingly skeletal, but the fluid building up in his abdomen makes the 56-year-old musician look eight months pregnant. His liver, ravaged by hepatitis C, is failing. Without a new one, his doctors tell him, he will be dead in days.


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