Veterans protest another PTSD marijuana rejection

[LogicSoDeveloped]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Medical marijuana cards for people with post-traumatic stress disorder appear unlikely in Colorado, and some veterans are planning to protest the snub from state health officials.

A group of veterans plans to rally Thursday in Colorado Springs. They say that because PTSD won't qualify for marijuana cards, the state should adopt legalization for all on the November ballot.

Brian Vicente of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol says a "Veterans for 64" group is being formed to back the marijuana ballot measure, called Amendment 64.

The group is being established in response to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's second denial of a petition to add PTSD to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/news/mari...nother-ptsd-marijuana-rejection#ixzz284T6F44k

 

[Captain.Heroin]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Medical marijuana cards for people with post-traumatic stress disorder appear unlikely in Colorado, and some veterans are planning to protest the snub from state health officials.

A group of veterans plans to rally Thursday in Colorado Springs. They say that because PTSD won't qualify for marijuana cards, the state should adopt legalization for all on the November ballot.

Brian Vicente of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol says a "Veterans for 64" group is being formed to back the marijuana ballot measure, called Amendment 64.

The group is being established in response to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's second denial of a petition to add PTSD to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/news/mari...nother-ptsd-marijuana-rejection#ixzz284T6F44k

Yikes; I'm glad PTSD is an approved condition here in California.

 

[Ody]

Brian Vicente of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol says a "Veterans for 64" group is being formed to back the marijuana ballot measure, called Amendment 64.The group is being established in response to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's second denial of a petition to add PTSD to the list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana.

I agree and kudos to these Veterans for Peace at home.

 

[slimvictor]

The US has a history of sending its people off to war, calling them heroes, and then completely abandoning them, often to homelessness and mental disease. It is incredibly sad. While I am quite strongly anti-war, I also believe that no people should be treated in such a way. If they want to use cannabis because they find it useful to help with their PTSD, who has any right to stop them?