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Medical Marijuana Use Forces Patient Off Transplant List.

Health & Wellness (tags: UW, his liver is failing, hepatitis C, medical marijuana, organ transplant )

In a Mirr
- 121 days ago - komotv.com

His liver, ravaged by hepatitis C, is failing. Without a new one, his doctors tell him, he will be dead in days.But Garon's been refused a spot on the transplant list, largely because he has used marijuana, even though it was legally approved for medical

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Bea B. (175)

Monday April 28, 2008, 6:03 pm
marijuana deals with pain better then the chemical pain killers! I Know from excruciating back pain!

Pretty shortsited of the medical committee!

Elainna Crowell (122)

Tuesday April 29, 2008, 12:32 am
In my opinion, this amounts to sentencing a sick man to death. The medical committee should be ashamed of itself.

Laura Laplace (0)

Wednesday April 30, 2008, 3:41 am
Dr.s' dont care, and condradict there own their words, and its ok to pump chemo and radiation knowing your going to die anyway..and then some...my mother died from ovarian cancer in past recent months.. she was given any kind of pain meds, and then some...shame on the medical committee...you see and observe how dr's really are especially when they know your loved one...only has a couple of months left to live...and wont admit to any wrong doing..even at hospitals, seen to much as well...Thanks to the radiation my mother's liver and many other organs failed..not from smoking pot..and you judge this patient with use of medical marijuana that was prescribed and now is not a candidate for a transplant...shame on the committee....