Police rescind drug charge against terminally ill Kansas cancer patient

After news of the case sparked public backlash, police in Kansas moved to rescind a ticket which officers gave to a terminally ill cancer patient of drug possession 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 THC paste in his vape pen as well as on his bread to cope with his symptoms since being hospitalized about three weeks ago.

The officers claimed they conducted the raid because the products were a potential fire hazard, and they gave Bretz a citation charging him with drug possession.

The fire hazard can be a valid concern, according to Kansas City Star columnist Dion Lefler.

But Bretz told Lefler in an interview that he was not on oxygen, so in his case that was not relevant.

Police ultimately went to the local prosecutor and successfully asked for the ticket to be dismissed.