A 48-year-old terminal cancer patient was
rushed to the hospital from an Iowa courthouse Monday during
his trial over felony charges for growing marijuana he uses as a
treatment for his rare condition.
Brian Wellner of Iowa’s Quad-City Times’ first
reported that paramedics took Benton Mackenzie, who was
expected to take the stand in his trial in Scott County District
Court on Monday, from the courtroom to a local hospital after he
complained of extreme pain and hallucinations related to
his angiosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer of the blood
vessels which has produced large lesions on Mackenzie’s skin.
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