WEED FOR WARRIORS PUSHES MARIJUANA THERAPY FOR VETERANS AT PHOENIX CANNABIS EXPO

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As 27-year-old veteran Jose Martinez ambled on his prosthetic legs, a crutch tucked under what remains of his amputated right arm, a stranger approached him.

“I’m sorry about what happened to you,” the man said.

“I lived, sir,” Martinez replied. “I’m walking. I’m talking. I’m living. Don’t feel sorry for me. I’m not supposed to be doing any of this stuff right now.”

Just two years ago, after both of his legs and right arm were blown off in Afghanistan when he stepped on an IED, Martinez was doing none of these things. 

“Cannabis is just a guide. I was fortunate to have it to direct me where I needed to be.”

Crippled by his loss of his limbs coupled with a debilitating pain pill addiction, he thought he’d soon be dead. He credits cannabis with helping him regain his life and manage his enormous pain.

“Cannabis is just a...

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