Posted by CN Staff on May 02, 2008 at 05:11:51 PT Local News Source: Seattle Times
Seattle, WA -- A musician who was denied a liver transplant because he used marijuana with medical approval under Washington state law to ease the symptoms of advanced hepatitis C died Thursday.The death of Timothy Garon, 56, at Bailey-Boushay House, an intensive care nursing center was confirmed to The Associated Press by his lawyer, Douglas Hiatt, and Alisha Mark, a spokeswoman for Virginia Mason Medical Center, which operates Bailey-Boushay.
Dr. Brad Roter, the physician who authorized Garon to smoke pot to alleviate for nausea and abdominal pain and to stimulate his appetite, said he did not know it would be such a hurdle if Garon were to need a transplant.
The case has highlighted a new ethical consideration for those allocating organs for transplant, especially in the dozen states that have medical marijuana laws: When dying patients need a transplant, should it be held against them if they've used pot with a doctor's blessing?
Last Updated on Monday, 12 May 2008 13:17
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 10:40
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The Power Of PrebaitingDecember 01,2000 By Martin-Salisbury Prebaiting a water undoubtedly helps you to put more fish on the bank. Like most people, my time on the bank is severely restricted by work and other hobbies. I've found that by prebaiting a swim and then maximizing my time by fishing early morning or late evening I can boost my catch rate considerably. Identifying your aim in prebaiting plays a major role in deciding how to go about your campaign. Other variables to be considered include the type of water, the stocking density, the different species present, the angling pressure on the water and, of course, the species of fish you're targeting. The main aim of prebaiting is to get the fish feeding confidently enough to take your hookbait. There are many ways to do this e.g. by feeding your chosen bait on a regular basis or by feeding a certain swim with bait in order to encourage the fish to return to the same spot time and time again.  I try to develop a combination of feeding a small number of spots using both the bait I intend to use as a hookbait and some other background feed. The main reason for using a background feed is to help keep the cost of prebaiting down. Background feeds include groundbait, trout pellets, hemp, groats, carp/hemp/CSL pellets etc. |
 Ed Forchion - NJWEEDMAN
Once the U.S. Marijuana Party head of New Jersey, and still a friend of mine, will run for Congress in 2008.
The U.S. Marijuana Party endorses the NJWEEDMAN for Governor of New Jersey! NJWEEDMAN 4 Congress New Jersey 3rd District As some of you know every year since 1997 I've run for political office in New Jersey. Not that I really think I'll ever win but to put the issue of Marijuana Legalization to the Public. Every Year I run under the Legalize Marijuana Party slogan ( http://www.tlmp.org/ ). Last year (2007) the democratic party of Burlington County went to court and had me removed from the ballot. Many of my petitions signers
Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 May 2008 19:15
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Claim: The term '420' entered drug parlance as a term signifying the time to light up a joint. Status: True. Origins: Odd terms sneak into our language every now and then, and this is one of the oddest. Everyone who considers himself in the know about the drug subculture has heard that '420' has something to do with illegal drug use, but when you press them, they never seem to know why, or even what the term supposedly signifies.  It's both more and less than people make it out to be. '420' began its sub-rosa linguistic career in 1971 as a bit of slang casually used by a group of high school kids at San Rafael High School in California. '420' (always pronounced "four-twenty," never "four hundred and twenty") came to be an accepted part of the argot within that group of about a dozen pot smokers, beginning as a reminder of the time they planned to meet to light up, 4:20 p.m. Keep in mind this wasn't a general call to all dope smokers everywhere to toke up at twenty past four every day; it was twelve kids who'd made a date to meet near a certain statue. It's thus incorrect to deem that '420' originated as a national or international dope-smoking time, even though the term began as a reference to a particular time of day.
Last Updated on Friday, 09 May 2008 14:17
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