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Dedication: Seattle Musician Timothy Garon, Victim of the Drug War

by borden [6], May 02, 2008, 12:00am, (Issue #534 [7])
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Seattle-area musician Timothy Garon passed away late last night after being denied a needed transplant by the University of Washington Medical Center because of his medical marijuana use.

Earlier this week, Scott Morgan discussed on our blog the case of musician Timothy Garon, denied a transplant by the University of Washington Medical Center due to his medical use of marijuana to control nausea (Denying Organ Transplants to Medical Marijuana Patients Is Evil [12]). Medical use of marijuana is legal in Washington state, and marijuana is not known to damage the body, the stated rationale for denying transplants to patients.

We are saddened to report that Garon passed away late last night [13]. This issue of Drug War Chronicle is dedicated to him. We will report more fully on this injustice next week.

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