Medical marijuana a growing choice of PTSD victims
Time did not heal all of the wounds inflicted on Lance Cpl. David Counts during the Korean War.
“I shouldn’t be here, but I did make it back,” said the former Marine Corps truck driver.
“The things I’ve seen in my life, it’s not been good,” said Counts, who copes with post-traumatic stress disorder by smoking medical marijuana. “It stays with me every day.”
Veterans Affairs physicians prescribed 10 drugs, including those for anxiety and depression, for Counts. He recently started using medical marijuana after a VA nurse recommended it to him, even thought it’s an illegal drug under federal law, he said.
“I’m gonna try and get off some of these pills,” Counts said. “I wasn’t feeling right.”
The VA wants each veteran to find the medication with the least amount of side effects and allows the optimum level of independence, Veterans Affairs spokesman Richard Beam said.
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