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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: nightwalker on December 08, 2016, 06:56:05 PM

Title: medical marijuana and transplants
Post by: nightwalker on December 08, 2016, 06:56:05 PM

I live in California, a state where medical MJJ is legal with a doctors note, and in January 2017 it will be legal recreationally like many other states in the USA.
Has anyone here been denied or approved a transplant with traces of THC running through the bloodstream? I know there has been a legal battle around this,  and that a mmj patient actually died waiting for a transplant some years ago...I believe congress was working on a bill to not allow that to happen again. i'm thinking any decision to deny someone because they are a "drug user"  seems pretty heartless.

Title: Re: medical marijuana and transplants
Post by: Simon Dog on December 08, 2016, 07:10:05 PM

Depends on the drug ... is there evidence that use of the heathen devil weed shortens the life of transplants?  That is the only logical rationale for the denial.

Title: Re: medical marijuana and transplants
Post by: nightwalker on December 08, 2016, 07:50:32 PM

after posting I ran a querey to find this subject has been pretty well beat to death , so sorry for the duplicate posting here...guess I"ll have to switch back to the "safer" government approved big pharma drugs while I wait for the TX  :puke;