"Marijuana, unlike alcohol, has no direct effect on the liver. It is however a concern ... in that it's a potential indicator of an addictive personality," Sade said.


Wow there is some real stupid there. And this guy is supposed to be a doctor?

i bet if he was on a cocktail of pain medications like vicodin or oxycontin he would've been approved.

/my mom loves to biatch about pot smokers even though she's on valium and countless of other prescription tranquilizers. it kills me.

Can I change my organ donor designation to specify that my parts go to a pothead?

They god people keep telling me we live in a free country, otherwise I don't think I'd be able to tell.

So to discourage people from inhaling a plant that supposedly causes them harm, let's lock them up and deny them transplants and otherwise vilify them. It's for their good.

Sometimes the best headline just states facts.

meh, his insurance company probably won't pay for it.

whoops - *Thank god... my bad.

Have you ever read the instructions on the side of a box of toothpicks?

/Step outside the world.

From TFA: "Garon, the lead singer for Nearly Dan, a Steely Dan cover-band...

You know, that should be grounds for removing him from the transplant list right there.

Though pot is already ridiculously easy to get in my area, I once considering getting a medical marijuana card. I decided against it for fear of stuff like this.

If they need a reason they will find it.

S-T-U-P-I-D

Also, they should change the name of his cover band to "nearly dead"...

...that's probably taken though.

Anything that reduces the number of stoners on my planet is fine with me.

"Marijuana, unlike alcohol, has no direct effect on the liver. It is however a concern ... in that it's a potential indicator of an addictive personality," Sade said.

Marijuana use, in itself, is not an indicator of an addictive personality. That is all.

MIguy: Anything that reduces the number of stoners on my planet is fine with me.

Your planet? Well, now I know who to address my complaints to.

They say marijuana never killed anyone...

This time, one person died.

/the more you know

Sometimes the world makes me want to kill a lot of people. Thank goodness pot calms me down. - Someone, somewhere, just before pot was made illegal

This whole farce of a law is actually the result of "what could possibly go wrong?"

MIguy: Anything that reduces the number of stoners on my planet is fine with me.

perhaps it is you who needs to be culled?

MIguy 2008-04-26 09:45:41 PM
Anything that reduces the number of stoners on my planet is fine with me.

I don't even do drugs, and I still think you're a farking moron. I guess I'm all for anything that gets more self-righteous, hate-mongerers off our planet. So, maybe you could donate your liver, the whole thing, please. May as well donate the rest of your organs too, but keep the brain I'm pretty sure yours is broken.

seminole87: Anything that reduces the number of stoners on my planet is fine with me.


dude are you still bitter about those stoners assfarking your wife?

no, its his mother. BTW, please tell her not to bite so hard when i come... you might not recognize her though, her back's been shaved

I have an addictive personality. People just can't get enough of me.

"Garon believes he got hepatitis by sharing needles with "speed freaks" as a teenager. In recent years, he said, pot has been the only drug he's used."

This might be another factor in the transplant committee's decision other than the pot.

His family should sue the hospital, big time.

"He's just a fantastic musician, and he's a great guy," said his girlfriend, Leisa Bueno. "I wish there was something we could do legally. ... I'm going to miss him terribly if he passes.

Damn, she's just all broke up. Did a lawyer write that for her?

This thread smells like patchouli and unwashed hair.

Translation: "we need an excuse to pass on this guy"

MIguy: Anything that reduces the number of stoners on my planet is fine with me.

"I'm not angry, I'm not mad, I'm just confused,"

If I were on the selection committee(that'll never happen.
Committees are for communists who can make a decision)

This guy would get my vote for a transplant..

MIguy gets a 2/10, way too obvious, use some finesse next time.

Fluid: "Marijuana, unlike alcohol, has no direct effect on the liver. It is however a concern ... in that it's a potential indicator of an addictive personality," Sade said.

Marijuana use, in itself, is not an indicator of an addictive personality. That is all.

This.

Pot is no more addictive than chocolate cake. Drug use is only one addiction. Gambling, smoking, drinking, sex, food, body modification, coffee...there are a lot of vices out there.

*Head explodes*

sluglife: This thread smells like patchouli and unwashed hair.



This.

no, perhaps he was taken off the list, not ONLY for
marijuana, but because he shared needles with "speed freaks". This constitutes an addictive behavior.
Betcha 5 bucks the story has been skewed to promote a pro marijuana, anti insurance agenda.

Is a liver transplant really the indicated treatment for hep C? Do any medical types in this board know?

Won't the hepatitis virus just eat up the new liver? The whole point of not giving a current alcoholic a new liver is not that someone who drinks too much deserves to die. The point is the limited supply of organs should go to the people who can benefit most from transplants. TFA did not quote the people who denied him the transplant. Was the decision really made over pot, or did it have more to do with the hepatitis in the patient's bloodstream?

MIguy: Anything that reduces the number of stoners on my planet is fine with me.



Is that who this is?

I wonder what it feels like to make the decision to let someone die, and then lie about why.

That guy needs a steel toe to the nads.

altrocks: Have you ever read the instructions on the side of a box of toothpicks?

/Step outside the world.Box

I have never needed to read the instruction on a box of toothpicks. I don't think I have ever bought or needed a box of toothpicks.

Drug companies FTW. Rat bastards.

How the fark is use of a substance an indicator of an addictive personality? Use =/= addiction. Are people that have sex sex addicts? Are people that drink beer alcoholics? Why are people that use illegal drugs (federal) recreationally or medicinally deemed to be addicts or as having addictive personalities??

thesubliminalman: altrocks: Have you ever read the instructions on the side of a box of toothpicks?

/Step outside the world.Box

I have never needed to read the instruction on a box of toothpicks. I don't think I have ever bought or needed a box of toothpicks.

At the convenience store today, I was behind a cute Asian girl buying three boxes of toothpicks. What the hell?

When are we gonna get tissue reactors to grow these parts in a factory?

Actually, the new reports out say that Marijuana does hurt the livers of those with HCV. Regardless, it was retarded to refuse the patient a transplant.

Hopefully they will come up with a cure for this freaking disease.

My 2 year old son has Hep C. Poor baby.

The liver is a gateway organ. I know it's not addictive or anything but pretty soon a person receiving a transplant is going to want a kidney, then a lung, and then a heart.

Marijuana haters should be put up on a wall and shot in a public ceremony.

smokedog22, thanks for handling that one, much appreciated.

berylman: "Garon believes he got hepatitis by sharing needles with "speed freaks" as a teenager. In recent years, he said, pot has been the only drug he's used."

This might be another factor in the transplant committee's decision other than the pot.

THIS.

I'm thinking the author of the article is trying to start some sort of marijuana flame war, but in the past he used to share needles and only in recent years pot's been his only drug of choice, obviously we don't have all the facts but it sounds like he was doing other drugs as well up until recently. So yeah, I'm sure it's his formal drug use had more bearing on the decision then is current medical pot

ziponwheels: Is a liver transplant really the indicated treatment for hep C? Do any medical types in this board know?

Won't the hepatitis virus just eat up the new liver? The whole point of not giving a current alcoholic a new liver is not that someone who drinks too much deserves to die. The point is the limited supply of organs should go to the people who can benefit most from transplants. TFA did not quote the people who denied him the transplant. Was the decision really made over pot, or did it have more to do with the hepatitis in the patient's bloodstream?

Yeah, hep c will eat the new liver. But in end stage cases, it's transplant or die. The " treatment " for HCV is 48 weeks of injections and is only 50% effective.