Small study suggests no reason to deny cannabis users liver transplants

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Despite many people in the U.S. being cannabis users, these people are often excluded from receiving liver transplants, a potentially life-saving procedure. In the case of liver transplants, there’s a concern that cannabis might create a bigger risk for infections. Researchers compared users who received a liver transplant with non-users who received the same procedure and found no statistical difference between the two. A new study explored why liver transplants and marijuana remains a topic of concern. Only 32 of them received a liver transplant.

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Despite many people in the U.S. being cannabis users, these people are often excluded from receiving liver transplants, a potentially life-saving procedure.

Scientists and experts have historically had concerns regarding cannabis’s role in the body. In the case of liver transplants, there’s a concern that cannabis might create a bigger risk for infections.

A new study explored why liver transplants and marijuana remains a topic of concern. Published recently in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, study authors considered different data to paint a...

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