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Monday, November 21, 2011

L.A. Hospital Denies Liver Transplant To Medical Marijuana User Despite Prescription From Its Own Doctor

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is refusing to grant a liver transplant to a cancer patient because he used medical marijuana, which not only is legal under California law but also was prescribed by a Cedars doctor.

Diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer in 2009, Norman B. Smith, 63, has been treated at Cedars-Sinai by oncologist Steven Miles, who approved medicinal marijuana in part to help his patient cope with the effects of chemotherapy. Smith became eligible for a liver transplant last year, but was removed from the list in February after testing positive for marijuana.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well first, you have the wrong link here... it goes to the pig meds story not anything related to this subject....

Anonymous said...

Anonymous 2:35pm - Fixed!