Dying Patient Kicked Out of Hospital for Using Medical Marijuana [View all]

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Source: NBC

Dying Patient Kicked Out of Hospital for Using Medical Marijuana
"Any particles from vapor and odor could have an impact on other patients and hospital employees," UCSF said in a statement.

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Angel Raich, who fought for the right to use medical cannabis in the US Superme Court back in 2004 and 2005, talked to us outside of UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco moments after she said they booted her out.

"The pharmacist says 'you’re not allowed to have canabus in this hospital,'" Raich said. "'And if you’re gonna try to have canabus in this hospital we’re going to call the Feds.'"

Raich said she checked into the hospital Monday morning for doctor-ordered tests on her brain. She suffers from chronic pain and seizures from an inoperable brain tumor and doctors didn't give her very long to live, she said.

"'You’re basically saying if I stay it’s like giving me a death sentence 'cause I’d have to be without my canibus,'" Raich said she told a hospital employee.

Read more: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Dying-Patient-Kicked-Out-of-Hospital-for-Using-Medical-Marijuana-142425965.html