Transplantation into Substance Abuser

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This paper takes a look at alcoholics and drug abusers with liver damage caused by their substance abuse and discusses whether or not they should be allowed to undergo liver transplants, taking into consideration the success rate of such a transplant in both substance abusers and non-addicts.

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"According to Jim Warren, editor of Transplant News, any time someone famous gets a transplant, questions are raised, and cites the example of Robert Casey, governor of Pennsylvania who received a heart-liver transplant within a mere 24 hour wait period, yet Warren's investigation turned up nothing unethical about the case (Laitner pp). In fact, the reason Casey received his transplant in such a short time was due to the protocol at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was listed, which gives precedence to anyone with a multiple-organ request (Laitner pp). And in Crosby's case, Warren suspects that Crosby was the candidate on the list who was most eligible for that particular organ at that time (Laitner pp)."

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