Man refused liver because of Marijuana

[IGotTheCottons]

You guys do know that, even with a new liver, he still would have died, right? Hep C doesn't go away just because you get a new liver. It's carried in your blood. If you get a new liver, it just infects the new one, and the process begins all over again.

It's sad that he got denied the liver because of his MMJ usage... Their reason for denying him the liver should have been that he had Hep C, which would have infected the new liver -- still killing him in the long run... NOT that he used MMJ.

[jakeandbake]

this raises a huge question about ethics. do they even consider health when they choose who gets the transplant? or is it a matter of social status?

politics and capital. thats what gets you the transplant.

this seems to be an oversight though. if the public was told that healthy individuals who smoked marijuana(which knowingly does not cause any complications and can actually do the opposite) are regularly denied transplants and therefore die, i think people would want this changed. the fact that they are then required to do things out of their physical capability, and which take longer than they have to live, just to be reconsidered, is absurd.

laws/rules and ethics/morals are two completely different things here in America.

this needs more attention.

[Five To One]

Is it me or are Americans getting dumber by the day? Not all of them, just the ones with authority...

[TwoLOUD]

Originally Posted by Five To One

Not all of them, just the ones with authority...

For sure. But but but there just trying to helps us humans do the right thing tho...