Medical Marijuana Patient Who Was Denied Transplant Dies

Washington (dbTechno) - Timothy Garon was told that he was not going to be allowed a spot on the liver transplant list. A University Medical Center committee decided this after it was found that he used medical marijuana. One week later, Garon has died.

Garon was in an intensive care nursing center at the Bailey-Boushay House trying to get as much care as possible, but it was not enough.

The committee told him that he would need to go on a 60-day drug treatment program and take part in a class before he could even be considered to be put on the list.

Garon was doing nothing illegal though, as his doctor gave him the prescription for medical marijuana.

He was turned down though by the medical center for no reason beyond his prior use of the drug.

He was taking the medical marijuana to help with his treatment of hepatitis C.

This is apparently a growing problem which has continued since the 1990s as other patient deaths have been caused by this very same reason in a few other states in the U.S.