Police rescind drug charge against terminally ill Kansas cancer patient

Police came to hospital room after staff called them about patient's marijuana vape pen use to alleviate disease symptoms

After news of the case sparked public backlash, police in Kansas moved to rescind a drug possession ticket which officers gave to a terminally ill cancer patient after they found him with cannabis paste he was using to ease his pain during the last few weeks he is expected to live.

Greg Bretz, a 69-year-old cancer patient in Hays, Kansas, had been using a vape pen as well as eating THC paste on bread to cope with his symptoms since being hospitalized about three weeks ago.