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Originally Posted by SandyC
I am sitting here pondering this whole mj thing now. Jim smokes to relieve his clonus. It's sad when a person chooses a drug that works better than a major narcotic, yet will be refused life because it's illegal.
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NO! That's NOT the only reason why! It's because weed use increases the rate of rejection.
"Many doctors agree that using marijuana — smoking it, especially — is out of the question post-transplant. The drugs patients take to help their bodies accept a new organ increase the risk of aspergillosis, a frequently fatal infection caused by a common mold found in marijuana and tobacco. . . . "
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/hea...ana-and-o.html
Like I said at the beginning of this thread, let's please avoid the moral, ethical debates and concentrate on what is factual and supportable information. We have a lot of unanswered questions. Thanks for understanding.
