Posted on Aug 7, 2016
N.J. vets who want to use marijuana to relieve PTSD waiting on Christie
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RP Members and Connections what do you think? Does this work for PTSD? I'd like to hear postive and negative feedback on both sides of this issue?
Veterans and others in New Jersey are waiting on Gov. Chris Christie to decide whether they'll be allowed to legally treat their post-traumatic stress disorder with marijuana.
Lawmakers last week sent a bill to Christie's desk that would allow marijuana to be used for PTSD symptoms that are not treatable with conventional therapy. Christie has until later this summer to decide whether to approve the measure to make New Jersey the 18th state to allow medical marijuana to be used to treat PTSD.
Christie declined to comment on his plans at a statehouse news conference this week. He has previously said he wants to ensure the state's medical marijuana industry is based in science and doesn't want it to become a back door to legalization for recreational use.
Veterans and others in New Jersey are waiting on Gov. Chris Christie to decide whether they'll be allowed to legally treat their post-traumatic stress disorder with marijuana.
Lawmakers last week sent a bill to Christie's desk that would allow marijuana to be used for PTSD symptoms that are not treatable with conventional therapy. Christie has until later this summer to decide whether to approve the measure to make New Jersey the 18th state to allow medical marijuana to be used to treat PTSD.
Christie declined to comment on his plans at a statehouse news conference this week. He has previously said he wants to ensure the state's medical marijuana industry is based in science and doesn't want it to become a back door to legalization for recreational use.
N.J. vets who want to use marijuana to relieve PTSD waiting on Christie
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Smoking "dope" may relieve some symptoms of people suffering from PTSD COL Mikel J. Burroughs. However smoking dope affects lung function and is risky for anybody who smoked. I quit smoking cigarettes in 1987 and I quite smoking dope before that. My lungs are still affected by what I did in my youth. I don't advocate the use of smoking marijuana.
What do you think? LTC Stephen C. LTC Thomas Tennant MAJ Ken LandgrenCapt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT1stSgt Eugene Harless SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLSFC William FarrellSSG Leo Bell SSgt (Join to see) Sgt Joe LaBranche SGT (Join to see) SGT Forrest Stewart SrA Christopher Wright PO3 Steven Sherrill PO1 John Miller Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
What do you think? LTC Stephen C. LTC Thomas Tennant MAJ Ken LandgrenCapt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT1stSgt Eugene Harless SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLSFC William FarrellSSG Leo Bell SSgt (Join to see) Sgt Joe LaBranche SGT (Join to see) SGT Forrest Stewart SrA Christopher Wright PO3 Steven Sherrill PO1 John Miller Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
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LTC Stephen F.
SPC Tanya Cummings Boozer - I am trained and experienced ORSA who is very familiar with study design and am well aware that it takes time for data to develop especially for cancers which tend to modify over time.
Politically sensitive issues like Cannabis tend to be treated with kid gloves similar to the studies which link increased incidence of breast cancer in women who have had induced abortions.
Casual pot smoking may not lead directly to cancer of the respiratory system. Many of the people I hung around with in the late 1960s are dead now - some of drug overdoes, some from car accidents, some were murdered and some succumbed to diseases.
Studies focusing on those who smoked Pot heavily in the 1960s and continued to smoke afterwards would be interesting since that group would have smoked for 50 years at least
Politically sensitive issues like Cannabis tend to be treated with kid gloves similar to the studies which link increased incidence of breast cancer in women who have had induced abortions.
Casual pot smoking may not lead directly to cancer of the respiratory system. Many of the people I hung around with in the late 1960s are dead now - some of drug overdoes, some from car accidents, some were murdered and some succumbed to diseases.
Studies focusing on those who smoked Pot heavily in the 1960s and continued to smoke afterwards would be interesting since that group would have smoked for 50 years at least
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Maj John D Benedict
If smoking pot helps the symptoms of PTSD, has anyone tried just eating it to alleviate symptoms? That should avoid the lung issues, if it is just as effective...
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LTC Stephen F.
Maj John D Benedict - that is an interesting question. Cannabis has been added to cookies, brownies, etc. for along time. I don't know if anybody has studied how eating Cannabis affects the symptoms of PTSD. Are you aware of any scientific studies of this SPC Tanya Cummings Boozer
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SPC Tanya Cummings Boozer
Maj John D Benedict LTC Stephen F. - Most people do the edibles as opposed to smoking it. Edibles are more concentrated and have better benefits actually. I just went to a veteran retreat which I take annually, usually in August, in Colorado, it's called Challenge Aspen's CAMO retreat and partook while there. I slept better, had less pain, and was much calmer during the 5 days I was there. Of course being around like veterans and away from everyday stress did help as well. Several in our group, which consisted of veterans with PTSD and chronic pain conditions, took the high CBD strains which still have some THC for better delivery.
Many of the scientific studies are done with oil or other indigestible versions of Cannabis.
Personally I do not smoke it because of respiratory irritation and do not advocate smoking it. Vaping is better than smoking but still not as good as edibles or oil.
Hopefully some day people will not only think of the smoking-toker when they think of Cannabis.
Many of the scientific studies are done with oil or other indigestible versions of Cannabis.
Personally I do not smoke it because of respiratory irritation and do not advocate smoking it. Vaping is better than smoking but still not as good as edibles or oil.
Hopefully some day people will not only think of the smoking-toker when they think of Cannabis.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
I myself have only smoked weed a couple of times as a teenager (enough to have to join the Navy on a drug waiver though, LOL). I've never smoked cigarettes, and I can't stand smoke.
With that being said, I am a huge legalization advocate. Not just for medical use, but recreational use as well. I honestly think that if it were legalized, it would be a huge source of revenue and would knock out a huge chunk of that $19.5 trillion debt of ours. Not to mention that it would put the cartels out of business!
I have talked to a lot of vets who do use it to relieve PTSD, TBI, and chronic pain symptoms, and they say it works wonders for them. I myself wouldn't be opposed to using it to lessen my own medical condition symptoms if it were legalized at the federal level. But even then I wouldn't smoke it but ingest it orally.
I myself have only smoked weed a couple of times as a teenager (enough to have to join the Navy on a drug waiver though, LOL). I've never smoked cigarettes, and I can't stand smoke.
With that being said, I am a huge legalization advocate. Not just for medical use, but recreational use as well. I honestly think that if it were legalized, it would be a huge source of revenue and would knock out a huge chunk of that $19.5 trillion debt of ours. Not to mention that it would put the cartels out of business!
I have talked to a lot of vets who do use it to relieve PTSD, TBI, and chronic pain symptoms, and they say it works wonders for them. I myself wouldn't be opposed to using it to lessen my own medical condition symptoms if it were legalized at the federal level. But even then I wouldn't smoke it but ingest it orally.
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SCPO Jason McLaughlin
I'm one of those odd balls who wants it completely legalized and decriminalized.
I'm one of those odd balls who wants it completely legalized and decriminalized.
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SCPO Jason McLaughlin
Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM - I don't understand your post. Please provide an example of recreational NSAIDs use. And please provide an example where alcohol or nicotine has been prescribed by a doctor. I stand by my original statement. If marijuana is federally legalized for medical use and requires a prescription, it will not be approved for recreational use. The US does not allow recreational use of prescription drugs. It creates too much of a slippery slope.
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