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Hospital denies woman’s kidney transplant due to medical marijuana use

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RELATED: Tommy Chong vows to treat prostate cancer with hemp oil —— For the second time in less than a year, one of the largest hospitals in Los Angeles has removed a patient from an organ transplant list due to medical marijuana use, Raw Story has learned. Toni Trujillo (pictured…

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Woman allegedly hired to help boss receive kidney transplant

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A mother of two from Rhode Island has filed a complaint with the New York State Human Rights Commission, alleging that her former boss hired her so that she would donate her kidney. “I knew that she needed it,” 47-year-old Debbie Stevens told CNN. “I knew that she could have…

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More than 130,000 urge hospital to transplant kidney for undocumented immigrant

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Thousands and thousand of people have signed a petition urging the UC San Francisco Medical Center to perform a kidney transplant for an undocumented immigrant. Jesus Navarro, a 35-year-old Oakland resident and father, was denied the kidney transplant he needs to live because of his immigration status, even though he…

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