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Nolan Sousley has stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and he uses capsules of THC oil as “It’s the only choice I got to live, man.” But since he doesn’t use actual marijuana plants, he said, there’s no way anyone could have smelled pot coming from his room at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Mo. Nevertheless, police officers showed up, claiming “someone” had smelled it and called them. They promised not to drag Sousley to jail if they found pot, but still searched his hospital room and belongings, pointing out that, despite the passage of a referendum, medical marijuana wasn’t yet legal in Missouri. They did not find any marijuana. “It is ... our policy to call appropriate law enforcement any time hospital personnel see or reasonably suspect illegal drug use in patient rooms,” Citizens Memorial said. (AC/Newsweek) ...And is it not their policy to provide the medicine it takes to make cancer patients’ lives bearable?Original Publication Date: 17 March 2019
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