Presto’s Ramblings

Well, folks have come through in a big way. Since the reports on KOMO have aired, over $100,000 has been raised towards his surgery. He is now scheduled to have his surgery in November. More money will undoubtedly be needed, because of the tricky nature of the surgery and the [...]

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A former co-worker of mine needs your help. James O’Neal suffers from neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that has left him terribly disfigured. Last week, KOMO-TV ran a story on efforts to raise money for surgery for him. The video is above. An excerpt:
It will take thousands of dollars and several surgeries [...]

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I have been a strong advocate for organ donation for many years. I have had the “organ donor” label on my driver’s license since it was first offered, and carried an organ donor card before that. But today I am seriously considering withdrawing my offer of organ donation upon my death to anyone [...]

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Recently, here in Washington State, there has been a great deal of argument of whether a pharmacist should be able to refuse to dispense a drug prescribed by a doctor that they have a moral problem with selling, such as Plan B or birth control pills. Yesterday, the state’s Pharmacy Board accepted Governor Gregoire’s [...]

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It’s unbelievable that the cops continue to want to put dying cancer patients in jail.
From the Seattle Weekly:

Club Pot Med
Livid over the vague voter-enacted state law allowing use of medical marijuana, a crusading lawyer tries to untangle unintended consequences. The law has driven the supply system underground, pot patients are getting busted, and some cops, [...]

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