OHSU eases pot restrictions for transplants

Published July 19, 2012 7:23pm ET



PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in Portland has eased restrictions on marijuana use among people seeking organ transplants.

The state’s largest organ transplant program had required six months of negative drug tests before a patient could go on the waiting list for a liver transplant.

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