Community | August 08, 2009 | 2 comments

Marijuana use may have cost Big Island woman a life-saving liver transplant

source: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090808/BREAKING01/90808031/Marijuana+use+may+hav...

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Big Island resident Kimberly Reyes, who was diagnosed with Hepatitis in March 2008, had been told in July that she had less than 30 days to live. Her family claimed the Waimea resident had followed doctor's orders, but her insurance carrier, Hawaii Medical Service Association, denied her coverage for a liver transplant she needed to survive because three toxicology tests showed trace amounts of cannabis in her system.
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2 comments // Marijuana use may have cost Big Island woman a life-saving liver transplant

  • TrilLogic
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      TrilLogic  

    • this isnt the first time either. Last year, Seattle-area musician Timothy Garon died after being refused a transplant because of doctor-recommended medical marijuana use. In 2003, Oregon resident Dave Myers was removed from a transplant list merely for Marinol, a prescription medicine related to marijuana.

      Marijuana doesn't kill but bad marijuana policies do.

    • 2 years ago
  • N_Dank
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