Dead Because You Follow Your Doctor's Orders

MayorBob.

Posted to SciTech on Tue May 06, 2008 at 03:07:28 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

For Timothy Garon, the marijuana use was absolutely necessary.  Ever since he was diagnosed with Hepatitis C and his liver began failing, his daily usage enabled him to battle nausea and abdominal pain and stimulate his appetite.  Beyond that, it was entirely legal as Washington is one of those states with a law saying a doctor can prescribe its use for exactly the purposes that Garon put it to.  Perversely, the thing that made life bearable for the 56-year-old Seattle musician during his wait for a transplant also sealed his fate.  Tim Garon is dead today because a medical committee at the hospital, which could have performed the liver transplant, kept his name off the transplant list.  Their reason - Tim Garon was a drug user.

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