-Caveat Lector- Congratulations Fellow Americans! You have just won another great victory in the Drug War. Good Idea: Why doesn't the DEA plant some marijuana in Saddam's house. No doubt a SWAT team will kick in his door and shoot the dirty pot smoking S.O.B. flw . Patient Who Was Denied Liver Transplant For Using Medical Marijuana Dies - Dale Gieringer, California NORML California NORML is sorry to note the death of Ed Plotner, who was removed from a liver transplant list for using medical marijuana. Plotner, who suffered multiple hepatitis infections, had used marijuana to combat severe appetite and weight loss. He was accepted but then dropped by a liver transplant program which demanded that he pass a drug test for marijuana. Unlike other drugs, including cocaine, heroin, and alcohol, marijuana is not a risk factor for hepatitis. Even though many patients find medical marijuana is useful -- not only for weight gain, but also for helping to avoid drugs that are toxic to the liver -- it is banned in most transplant programs. California NORML attorney Eric Shevin attempted to get Plotner restored to the transplant list, but his efforts proved too late. After being kept off the list a year, Ed expired on November 21. "Ed was a tragic victim of drug testing abuse," says California NORML coordinator Dale Gieringer. "He was killed by the anti-marijuana bigotry and ignorance of medical 'experts' who should have known better." Ironically, Plotner, who was from Redding, California, had sought treatment in San Francisco, where voters overwhelmingly approved medical marijuana by 80%-20%. (Dale Gieringer can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] California NORML is online at <http://www.norml.org/canorml/>. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
