Pubdate: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC) Copyright: 2017 Times Colonist Contact: http://www.timescolonist.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/481 Author: John O'Carroll Page: A11 BLOOD DONATION REFUSED FOR POT SMOKING Six months ago, I wrote you because I was so happy that Canadian Blood Services had finally accepted my gay blood. This after a 30-year hiatus of donating my personal blood because I had kissed a few men and all. The faulty scientific reasoning to decline my healthy Canadian blood was because I might make people sick. Last week, I ended my relationship with Canadian Blood Services for good. My refusal to donate my healthy Canadian blood is because the clinic technician informed me that because I had smoked pot in the previous 12 hours, I was considered "impaired" to sign my consent stating that I believed my blood would not make people sick. Only sick people need blood. Canadian Blood Services is doomed if its scientific thinking and procedures continue to shake the Canadian blood tree until some kind of perfect fruit falls down. I am deeply ashamed to be Canadian today. But I am healthy and alive. Canadian Blood Services owns my shame today. And the corporation got it, without even me having to shed a drop of personal gay blood. John O'Carroll View Royal - --- MAP posted-by: Matt