Veterans push for medicinal marijuana
Texas veterans are pushing State lawmakers to legalize marijuana for certain medical uses.
The Corpus Christi chapter of "NORML", or the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, has joined with other like-minded groups to support the effort.
They call it "Operation Trapped", so named because they feel veterans are trapped in a never ending system of pills prescribed to treat issues like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and chronic pain.
Attorney Kyle Hoelscher runs NORMLCC, and says drugs like "Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac, and Xanax" come with serious side effects.
"It's (marijuana) an alternative that's safer, that has fewer negative side effects, but is completely banned by the VA," Hoelscher says.
NORML and other groups want State lawmakers to pass a bill allowing veterans to use marijuana for service-related conditions.
The organization wants a thousand veterans to send pill bottles with their names, ranks, years of service, and disabilities to...
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