BYÂ BEN FINLEY
A growing number of states are weighing whether to legalize marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. But for many veterans, the debate is already over.
They’re increasingly using cannabis even though it remains illegal in most states and is unapproved by the Department of Veterans Affairs because major studies have yet to show it is effective against PTSD.
While the research has been contradictory and limited, some former members of the military say pot helps them manage their anxiety, insomnia and nightmares. Prescription drugs such as Klonopin and Zoloft weren’t effective or left them feeling like zombies, some say.
“I went from being an anxious mess to numbing myself with the pills they were giving me,” 
said Mike Whiter, a 39-year-old former Marine who lives in Philadelphia, where marijuana is illegal. “Cannabis helped me get out of the hole I was in. I started to talk to people and get over my social anxiety.”
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Persons who use an ages old remedy that continues to work have no need for “research” to determine if it works. Certainly not if the FDA has to approve it, and it the fraudulent pharmacy industry acquires and maintains a patent on it.
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