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Brown Signs Bill Allowing Organ Donation to Medical Marijuana Users

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 07/08/2015 - 08:45

On Monday, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law authored by Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) that prevents state hospitals from denying organ donations to medical marijuana users strictly because of their marijuana use.

According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), some California hospitals had removed patients on the organ transplant waiting list because of their use of medical marijuana. A 2008 study in the American Journal of Transplantation reportedly found that medical marijuana patients who received liver transplants were not subject to an increased risk of mortality.

“AB 258’s passage is the result of ASA’s membership tireless work for over 2 years,” ASA California Director Don Duncan said in a statement. “In California, legal medical cannabis patients will never again face a choice between their doctor-recommended medicine and a life-saving organ transplant. Governor Brown deserves credit for protecting...

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