The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration has approved a first-of-its-type trial test using different strains of marijuana.
Veterans who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and meet certain eligibility criteria will get to participate in the study.
Doctor Sue Sisley said the group involved in the triple blind clinical study will work with 76 veterans in both Phoenix and Baltimore clinics for twelve weeks. The Phoenix doctor has been pushing to research medical marijuana for seven years. She hopes the science and data collected will help the public better understand if marijuana can help people with PTSD.
“Science is no longer being shackled by politics, but it’s also heartbreaking to think of the last seven years how many service men and woman have died from suicide,” Sisley said.
Former Army veteran Cristina Alfonso-Zea, founder of Blissful Vets, says she suffers from PTSD. After four attempts at suicide and years of taking prescribed opiates, she found cannabis.
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