Posts Tagged ‘medicinal marijuana’

Death Claims Medical Marijuana User After Denial for Liver Transplant

death.jpgIt points up the urgency of Congressman Ron Paul’s latest legislation to decriminalize medical marijuana.

The latest case in point comes from Seattle, where a man was denied a liver transplant, after a University of Washington Medical Center committee denied him a place on the liver transplant list.

His crime? Using medical marijuana, even though it is authorized under Washington state law.

The victim, 56 year old Timothy Garon was authorized by his doctor […]

Audio: Rep. Ron Paul on Medical Marijuana Legislation, in His Own Words

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Earlier, I had written a story on Rep. Ron Paul’s new legislation that would make medical marijuana legal in states that wish to offer it to patients who are suffering extreme pain. As it stands, six states have legalized the use of marijuana for that reason, but the feds still believe people are using the law as a means to legally receive marijuana, without having an issue with pain.

As a result, federal […]

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