Wounded veteran condemns Feds for blocking marijuana research for PTSD

[DreamSmoker]

Iraq war veteran Sergeant Ryan Begin is leading the campaign on Change.org following the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to block a pilot study to examine the benefits of marijuana for veterans with treatment-resistant PTSD.

“I know there are many other veterans like me who would rather use marijuana than the plethora of dangerous and addictive pharmaceutical drugs that are being pushed on us,” continued Begin. “Really, I just think it’s foolish and cruel that our government is blocking research. It’s clearly a political game, but it’s our lives they’re playing with.”

A study conducted by Haifa University in Israel found that rats which were treated with marijuana within 24 hours of a traumatic experience successfully avoided any symptoms of PTSD.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/14/wounded-veteran-condemns-feds-for-blocking-marijuana-research-for-ptsd/

[applegrove]

1. But it seems to only work within a few hours of the traumatic event. No help for me or someone

traumatized in battle.

[DreamSmoker]

3. I disagree

I suffer from PTSD..
Have for a few years now...
Cannabis was the only thing out of a battery of mind altering Drugs that I have taken that shuts off the
Brain Mechanism that keeps the Video in your head from playing those horrific scenes over and over again continuously..
Promotes sleep that otherwise is interrupted by nightmares...
It also helps with appetite.. I did not think of food or even cared...

FACT FOLKS:
Cannabis is a God sent for PTSD and Deep Depression symptoms..
It is not the cure but the coping mechanism that works the very best..

[Irishonly]

2. K&R n/t