A Canadian man was blocked by Ottawa Hospital officials from trading a kidney for a kilo of marijuana. Peter Shields, a 51-year-old parapalegic, said he wanted to do his part as an organ donor while ensuring a couple of months' supply of his main pain killer. Shields, who clashed with the hospital last year over inpatient pot privileges, posted his offer on a hospital bulletin board. Organ selling is illegal in Canada, where living-donor donations are only allowed between family members or close friends, and then only after extensive testing.
Pot Rebuke
A Canadian man was blocked by Ottawa Hospital officials from trading a kidney for a kilo of marijuana. Peter Shields, a 51-year-old parapalegic, said he wanted to do his part as an organ donor while ensuring a couple of months' supply of his main pain killer. Shields, who clashed with the hospital last year over inpatient pot privileges, posted his offer on a hospital bulletin board. Organ selling is illegal in Canada, where living-donor donations are only allowed between family members or close friends, and then only after extensive testing.
