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Medical marijuana cleared to treat PTSD in Washington

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 07/24/2015 - 08:45

As a U.S. Army medic during the invasion of Iraq, Dante Cammarata was tasked with treating wounds, handing out pills and saving lives.

Back in the civilian world and grappling with his own less visible wounds, Cammarata, 34, says the cannabis plant probably saved his life.

Now the Olympia college student hopes to keep fellow veterans from taking their own lives by promoting marijuana as an alternative to prescription pills. By one estimate, post-traumatic stress disorder afflicts one in five Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

Twenty22Many organization members march in Washington to gain support for medical marijuana as a legal treatment for PTSD“We served this country proudly,” Cammarata said, “and we don’t want to be seen as criminals for trying to help ourselves.”

The Legislature agreed this year. An overhaul of Washington’s medical-marijuana system that takes effect Friday adds PTSD and traumatic brain injuries to the conditions a...

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