This terminally ill cancer patient's hospital room was searched by police after they suspected him of using marijuana.
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00:00It's my right to live, man. We're Americans. I was born here.
00:15Here they are. I had some capsules that had some THC oil in them.
00:20I took them outside on the parking lot.
00:23It has my final day things in there, and nobody's going to dig in it.
00:29It's my stuff. My final hour stuff is in that bag, and that is my right to have my final thing.
00:38I'm not digging it out here in front of anybody, but I am going to get arrested.
00:42They already told me I'm going to get arrested.
00:48Here we go, folks. Stage four.
00:50If we find marijuana, we'll give you a citation. We're not taking you down to the county jail.
00:54But we haven't found marijuana, so we're not citing...
00:59I mean, why are you digging this stuff? I told you where I took it.
01:02Because we got a call. We got a call saying there's marijuana in there.
01:06I smell marijuana whenever I walk in the room.
01:10And there is no way they could smell it, Doc, because I don't smoke it.
01:14I don't ever use a ground-up plant. It's an oil that I use in a capsule.
01:21So there's no smoking it.
01:23I've told them all. I've told everyone. I've told people here in this hospital that I'm doing it.
01:31I have to tell the doctors I'm taking it for the other medications.
01:37It's my right to live, man. We're Americans. I was born here.
01:51We're Americans.
02:01You ain't got anything to hide.
02:03I want to know why it's a big deal if it is really illegal.
02:07It's illegal.
02:09It's really illegal in Missouri now.
02:11It's THC oil.
02:13Medically, in Missouri, it's really legal now. They just haven't finished the paperwork.
02:17But I don't have time to wait for that.
02:20What would you do? Tell me what you'd do.
02:22I'm not in that situation, so I'm not going to play the whatever game.
02:26You've never said you'd do anything to save your life?
02:29You'd do anything to save your life?
02:31If you had five kids?
02:33Listen, listen, listen. It's not worth the argument right now.
02:35Do your jobs, okay? We're not going to have the debate.