mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman) (01/18/86)
In article <713@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes: >> It is ILLEGAL to be paid for your blood. This has been >> effective since the late 1970's. > >In New York State, at least, there are MANY private laboratories which pay >"donors" for whole blood and various components taken through plasmapheresis >[the unused red cells are "put back" in the donor using this technique]. In Ohio and Virginia, a great many students and other folk in great need of money routinely head down to the nearest plasma 'donor' center to get $10 or $15 for a serving of plasma. You can do this twice a week. It is legal. I assume that the law treats being paid for plasma and being paid for whole blood quite differently, but I don't know for sure. -- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mark D. Freeman Guest account at The Ohio State University StrongPoint Systems, Inc. mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP 209 Olentangy Street Mdf@Ohio-State.CSNET Columbus, OH 43202-2340 Mdf%Ohio-State@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA !cbosgd!osu-eddie!mdf I disclaim even my very existance. Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science. -- Gary Zukav from "The Dancing Wu Li Masters" <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) (02/01/86)
In article <1135@osu-eddie.UUCP> mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman) writes: >In Ohio and Virginia, a great many students and other folk in great need of >money routinely head down to the nearest plasma 'donor' center to get $10 >or $15 for a serving of plasma. You can do this twice a week. It is legal. > If you are male, I've heard you can receive $25 per ejaculation at sperm banks as well -- and probably have a lot better time! Hey, that's an idea -- be a pherisis donor to satisfy your humanitarian instincts and be a sperm donor for kicks! -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj