Dr. Brad Roter, a physician, authorized Timothy Garon, 56, to use marijuana to ease the symptoms of advanced hepatitis C. The doctor requested Timothy smoke pot to alleviate nausea and abdominal pain and to stimulate his appetite.

In 1998, the use of medical marijuana was authorized under a Washington state law approved by voters.

The Seattle Times reports that, “Garon died Thursday, one week after he said he learned from his doctor that a University of Washington Medical Center Committee had again denied him a spot on the liver transplant list.”

Garon died at the Bailey-Boushay House, an intensive-care nursing center, which was confirmed Friday by his lawyer, Douglas Hiatt, and Alisha Mark, a spokeswoman for Virginia Mason Medical Center that operates Bailey-Boushay.

Garon believed he may have contracted hepatitis by sharing needles with “speed freaks” as a teenager.

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