Military Veterans Say Pot Eases PTSD June 05, 2012 Emanuel Herrera returned from war addicted to painkillers and barely able to tolerate his children's voices. The former staff sergeant had enlisted in the Arizona National Guard after 9/11, wanting to help his country. In 2006, while providing security for a convoy near Camp Anaconda in Iraq, his truck hit an improvised bomb. The blast turned the night into day, nearly destroyed his neck, damaged the discs in his back and left him with brain injuries and post-traumatic stress. Read More... "My doctors shunned me and didn't approve of me doing it," said Herrera, a Purple Heart recipient. "One doctor said I could get some repercussions for doing it. But I did it legally. And I know for a fact — I'm a walking testimonial — that it works." For Army Troops, Prescription Drugs May Add To The Fog Of War While there was some early, ad hoc use of psychotropic drugs in the Vietnam War, the modern Army psychiatrist's deployment kit is likely to include nine kinds of antidepressants, benzodiazepines for anxiety, four antipsychotics, two kinds of sleep aids, and drugs for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to a 2007 review in the journal Military Medicine. Ganja 4 PTSD & Depression Cannabis, the Importance of Forgetting Many Veterans are the Enemy in the D.E.A.th War Sam Stone came home, To his wife and family After serving in the conflict overseas. And the time that he served, Had shattered all his nerves, And left a little shrapnel in his knee. But the morphine eased the pain, And the grass grew round his brain, And gave him all the confidence he lacked, With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvULz5IeiSA"]Support the troops? Then legalize marijuana, says Iraq vet Adam Kokesh - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvULz5IeiSA"]Support the troops? U2b Then legalize marijuana, says Iraq vet Adam Kokesh Dementia Blog: A Day in the Life of A Dementia Sufferer Cannabis as a medical treatment for attention deficit disorder Marijuana and ADD And the bewildered herd is still believing Everything we’ve been told from our birth Hell they won’t lie to me Not on my own damn TV But how much is a liars word worth And whatever happened to peace on earth ~Willie Nelson VMMA Veterans For Medical Cannabis Access or VMCA, advocates for veterans' rights to access medical cannabis for therapeutic purposes. VMCA encourages all legislative bodies to endorse veterans' rights to use medical cannabis therapeutically and responsibly, and is working to end all prohibitions associated with such use. VMCA is working to preserve and protect the long established doctor-patient relationship including the ability to safely discuss medical cannabis use within the V.A. healthcare system without fear of punishment or retribution.
Yet another benefit of the marijuana plant. It really is a gift. Many veterans become alcoholics to deal with PTSD, and you know this a better alternative.
