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Patient denied transplant because he uses medical marijuana has 90 days to live.
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June 7th, 2012 at 10:00 am
You could have mentioned he has cancer and almost no chance of survival anyhow…
June 7th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
See above post and comments on legalization…
June 7th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Hey at least they didn’t throw him in jail
June 7th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Meh. The article makes it sound like the transplant boards choice is either (A) give it to the pothead or (B) throw it in the trash. They neglect to consider (C) give it to a more worthy transplant subject.
It really doesn’t matter if pot is legal or illegal in this case either. Drinkers and smokers get bumped on the transplant list as well. So do single people living alone who don’t have good prospects for post-op care. They have one organ and they’re going to try make the most of it.
June 7th, 2012 at 4:28 pm
Drinking and smoking have no effect on listing. Alcoholism does however, most transplant centers require six months of sobriety before case presentation for listing.
June 8th, 2012 at 12:18 am
Jeff is pretty flip about the whole thing. MMJ patients, in my limited experience, don’t smoke to get high. They smoke because it’s the only way they can address their chronic pain, and ensure that the food they eat doesn’t automatically make an encore appearance. I’m sorry that the DEA has made pain management such a liability minefield for doctors by jailing pain specialists any time the agency needs a dramatic press release, and that patients with a life-threatening disease need adequate nutrition, but equating MMJ patients with nicotine and alcohol addicts is beyond crass.
But if your username is truly descriptive I probably shouldn’t be surprised.