She didn’t say he should be taken of the list because he’s smoked marijuana and is therefore an addict and deserves to be taken out and shot.(in the words of the founder of D.A.R.E.)

She said
-because of the severity of his illness
-because of the immunosuppressent nature of MJ
-because of the pathogens related to MJ toking
-because MJ is elimenated through the liver
-because of his possible not commitment to treatment he should be excluded.

Now I’m not a big fan of doctors but she seems to have the right idea about treating patients in their best intrest. IMHO

“By contrast, marijuana’s therapeutic ratio, like its LD-50(1:20,000 or 1:40,000), is impossible to quantify because it is so high.”

http://www.ccguide.org.uk/young88.php

Which means marijuana is on average, 2,000 times safer then a prescribed drug. And 1,000 times safer then over the counter drugs like aspirin(1:20).

Common side effects of prescribed drugs is DEATH. 32,000 per year to be exact. Marijuana has ZERO deaths for the 112,000,000 users in the USA. Over the counter drugs cause 7,600 deaths per year.
http://www.csdp.org/publicservice/causes.htm

I would agree with removing this man from the transplant list if all those talking prescribed medication were also removed and all those talking deadly drugs like aspirin…

In fact anyone drinking coffee should be banned from being given medical care because they are using a drug that is more addicting and more deadly then marijuana…

First of all, what are “the rules” and who exactly dictates that we are under any obligation whatsoever to play by them? Marijuana is a plant that is used medically and recreationally by adults of varying ages, races, religions, ethnicities, and criminal backgrounds. In fact, a great majority of cannabis users are normal citizens who use the drug for a variety of reasons within the confines of their own home.

All I see in this article is you casting a moral judgement on a person near death for mistakes committed in the past. While I respect your profession, I can’t say the same for your opinion.

1) You’re making an assumption that the patient here would continue to use marijuana after the transplant. That was neither said nor implied in the article

2) You’re making the classic mistake of viewing a medical marijuana user as an addict. Medical marijuana patients are not addicts, any more than someone who takes medication for any other type of medication for long term illnesses are addicts. Marijuana is far from being an addictive enough substance for someone to use it in a case when their life would be in danger.

The justification for denying this man a transplant is not rooted in medical reality, but in misperceptions about medical marijuana users and marijuana’s addictiveness. Someone who chooses to use marijuana as medicine is not in any way less responsible than those who don’t choose to use marijuana as medicine. You’re promoting a myth.