Christmastime hospital-room raid busts dying man for using marijuana extract [View all]

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https://www.kansas.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dion-lefler/article270381287.html

Police went into a room at Hays Medical Center on Dec. 16 and seized a terminally ill patient’s vaping device and some edible paste containing THC. They cited him for drug possession and set a court date for Jan. 2.

He’s essentially bedridden and in the final stages of terminal, inoperable cancer. I called the Hays Police Department about it. The dispatcher said she’d have someone call me, but that hasn’t happened yet.

He said he’s “flat on my back” in his hospital bed and can’t stand up unassisted. He’s been using his vaping device and eating a little bit of the THC paste on bread to relieve his symptoms since he was hospitalized about three weeks ago. He said a doctor told him to do whatever he wants if it makes him feel better, because there’s basically nothing medical science can do for him anymore other than hospice care.

But a hospital staffer caught him vaping and reported him. Police were called and three officers came to his room.

This excerpt is from a column. For a news article, click here: https://fox2now.com/news/national/police-raid-hospital-room-of-terminally-ill-kansas-patient-for-medical-marijuana-use/