Police raided hospital room after staff called them about patient’s marijuana vape pen use to alleviate disease symptoms
“Vape devices have a small electronic element that heats liquid to steam for inhalation, and there have been cases where they malfunctioned and patients got burned using them while taking oxygen through a nasal tube,” he wrote.
Bretz further added that he was too sick to stand up without help and had been lying “flat on my back”. His doctor told him to do whatever is possible that might reduce his pain during his last few days. Dr Grinspoon, who as a child lost his brother to leukemia, said he saw first-hand how using cannabis, which was then illegal, was “transformative” for his brother through his last few days.
News of Bretz’s plight went viral online, with many criticizing the police for pursuing a dying man who posed no danger to others. The local television station KWCH reported that news of Bretz’s citation purportedly led to threats against the police and hospital in Hays.
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