Imagine being seriously ill, and the only thing to help you cope until you could receive an organ transplant were weed. Easy enough, if you reside in a green state. Not so easy if your name was removed from the organ donor waiting list in a green state, because you tested positive for marijuana. This […]
Imagine being seriously ill, and the only thing to help you cope until you could receive an organ transplant were weed. Easy enough, if you reside in a green state. Not so easy if your name was removed from the organ donor waiting list in a green state, because you tested positive for marijuana.
This is where the Americans for Safe Access (ASA) stepped in, and sponsored the bill authored by state assemblyman Marc Levine. ASA’s Cali director Don Duncan, states:
“This bill is not about drug policy or cannabis legalization. It is about fundamental fairness and compassion. Legal medical cannabis patients should not have to choose between their doctor-recommended medicine and a life-saving organ transplant.”
The new bill highlights that patients will no longer be stigmatized for using their prescribed medication in order to bide their time. Unfortunately, this hasn’t been the case for patients who tested positive for cannabis in the past. They were removed from the donor list, and later died.
Medical edible company Auntie Delores’ CEO, Julianna Carella was just as pleasantly surprised by the news:
“The tide has turned and we think more states will soon pass this type of legislation to protect legal medical consumers of cannabis. By passing this bill it signals that California is ready to provide equal and fair treatment to all patients.”
Source: MainStreet