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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
The Seattle Times is notorious around here; I wouldn't even use it to wrap fish. Their liberal slant is unmistakable. I'm sure there is much, much more to the story that neither the reporter nor the editor felt we needed to read.
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Indeed. The real story is that this fellow was not just using pot for his medical issues. He was a life long marijuana smoker, and I believe that it was 'non medical' drug use that tipped the scales here. I suspect this mans long term prospects were quite weak. Transplants are expensive, and the available organs precious.
That being said, if the panel sited his medical marijuana use in their findings, then they have a policy issue that needs to be sorted out. The conflict in policy here is caused by different groups within the medical community not seeing eye to eye. If family pratictioners want to give marijuana to patients, thats their decision. But that doesn't mean that transplant surgeons have to view it as anything other than illegal drug use.