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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:55 AM Original message |
Marijuana use may have cost Big Island woman a life-saving liver transplant |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. So she was a recovering alcoholic? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. They don't say in the article. |
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buzzycrumbhunger (793 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Yes. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Very eye opening. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. poor headline - if it wasn't pot it would have been something else... |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I agree. It seems to me that this woman's insurance company |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. This is why it's important the the Health Care Reform bill... |
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Indydem (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. So we start giving transplants to alcoholics and drug users |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas got a liver transplant. |
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Indydem (866 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Oh, well that makes it right? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Doesn't make it all right. DOES show that insurance companies RATION healthcare |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Mickey Mantle got liver transplant, and he was a boozer. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. He was Mickey Mantle |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yep. Regular people don't get much of a chance |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. What a crock of shit... |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. No money for the operation is one thing. But was her eligibility for a donor liver affected? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Doesn't say. |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. And conservatives are afraid of boards of people deciding who gets to live and die |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Exactly! |
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grytpype (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. ... based on how much money it makes them. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. So if you smoke tobacco you should be denied too??? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
15. Another reason marijuana should be outlawed. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. From emedicinehealth: |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. Marijuana use leads to death sentence? That's what it sound like |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. DEATH PANEL! |
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