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In reply to the discussion: Sick: LA Hospital Denies Life-Saving Organ Transplant to Medical Pot User (Again) [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)87. Didn't say you did, just made the comment.
I really wouldn't waste my time doing so. Seems kinds strange, but OK.
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Sick: LA Hospital Denies Life-Saving Organ Transplant to Medical Pot User (Again) [View all]
xchrom
Jun 2012
OP
MMJ prescribed by a doctor is no more substance abuse than hydrocodone prescribed by a doctor
nashville_brook
Jun 2012
#46
Did you read the link? The description of the other patient's experience is more clear.
Gormy Cuss
Jun 2012
#12
I agree with that, it's hard to argue that marijuana is worse than chemo drugs
HotRodTuna
Jun 2012
#25
I understand that transplant teams work hard at limiting the donors to the most compliant
Gormy Cuss
Jun 2012
#17
These people SUPPORT the War on Drugs. All these cutesy excuses are made up after-the-fact. nt
Romulox
Jun 2012
#96
I'm glad you approve of a system that pretends medical marijuana is an excuse to murder people.
phleshdef
Jun 2012
#27
My sister just got a kidney/liver double transplant in February. As the major member of her family
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#18
Could the hospital face a penalty if they went ahead with the transplant?
Freddie Stubbs
Jun 2012
#19
Yes. The national governing agencies that regulate organ donation could create problems
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#22
LOL. There's a perfectly *rational* explanation for all of this, people. She *signed a contract*!
Romulox
Jun 2012
#30
I don't support the Drug War, not in any way shape or form. Never have, never will.
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#42
Right. All that business about your confusion regarding Vicodin's "similarity" to pot?
Romulox
Jun 2012
#52
It was an analogy, nothing more. Your blatant lying about my positions is duly noted.
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#55
"Analogy" isn't a fancy way of saying "false". What you said was objectively *false*. nt
Romulox
Jun 2012
#57
Demonstrably patently untrue. I absolutely have never said pot is addictive. Ever.
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#59
You use the word "analogy" like it means "mulligan". You were wrong, and contrive excuses instead
Romulox
Jun 2012
#63
She's been on the list for 6 years, on dialysis for 5 years. I'm pretty sure she's not in danger
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#70
The "expert" rears her head again! But this time, she's serving a heaping dose of "compassion". nt
Romulox
Jun 2012
#71
Its in the OP, you too can be as much of an expert on this woman's case as me. Just read it.
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#74
i have a conflict with the local very popular childrens hospital--they have lots of fund raisers in
dembotoz
Jun 2012
#34
I'm seriously considering withdrawing my donor status, due to the disgusting abuses of the system...
Romulox
Jun 2012
#39
David Crosby, Larry Hagman, Mickey Mantle, Dick Cheney. Also granted organs based on an "objective"
Romulox
Jun 2012
#54
You are propagating dangerous and destructive myths. Please. Just stop.
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#56
LOL. The corruption in the system isn't the problem--it's *TALKING ABOUT IT* that's dangerous.
Romulox
Jun 2012
#58
Oh please talk about it all you want so we can continue to correct you. nt
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#61
You *just* claimed ignorance of the particulars of these cases, and then demanded I "stop".
Romulox
Jun 2012
#62
I've never put myself out there as an expert. Just someone with first hand experience
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#67
I said I didn't have the "exact particulars" of their cases (not ignorance). Neither do you.
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#72
You could've googled each one of these cases 10 times over, if you were looking for facts.
Romulox
Jun 2012
#73
Innocuous items like candy are on the prohibited substances list for potential transplant patients
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#75
Right. There is a "perfect" explanation for letting this woman die. It's all "by the book". nt
Romulox
Jun 2012
#76
It IS all by the book. Exactly the point. Exactly. And she doesn't HAVE to die if she'd follow
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#81
And you still have failed to speak to organ transplant abuse, which is what this subthread is about.
Romulox
Jun 2012
#77
So...Dick Cheney COULDN'T have received that heart transplant, eh? Your argument is with reality. nt
Romulox
Jun 2012
#84
I don't know the exact particulars of Dick Cheney's medical record. Neither do you.
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#88
Actually I'm not alone on this. There are others right on this very thread
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#98
it most certainly is. And the appeals to emotion have little to do with that set criteria
LanternWaste
Jun 2012
#89
No MJ at all when you're on a transplant list. Even eating certain candy will get you chucked off
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#83
I didn't make the protocols for the transplant list. Feel free to email UNOS for that. nt
riderinthestorm
Jun 2012
#86