10 Reasons the U.S. Military Should (Officially) Use Pot

Puffin13 · Post by **Puffin13** » Wed 30th Dec 2009 05:57 am

10 Reasons the U.S. Military Should (Officially) Use Pot
By Penny Coleman, AlterNet. Posted December 29, 2009.

Medical marijuana may have a host of advantages over other treatments for traumatized vets, but the VA won't even study its efficacy.

Medical marijuana may have a host of advantages over other treatments for traumatized vets, but the VA won't even study its efficacy. On top of a 100 percent disability rating with PTSD,
"Charlie" -- who asked that his real name not be used -- came home from Afghanistan with a traumatic brain injury, a back injury and gastrointestinal problems...

"There’s a lot of things I’m passionate about, but getting a prescription for my marijuana from the VA is probably at the top of my list. I’d be like a kid waiting up for Santa if I thought he might be bringing me one of those. Haha!"

On top of a 100 percent disability rating with PTSD, "Charlie" -- who asked that his real name not be used -- came home from Afghanistan with a traumatic brain injury, a back injury and gastrointestinal problems. The VA pulled every magic trick out of its bag to treat him. But nothing worked.

What did work was marijuana.

Shirak-e-Mazar, the milk of Mazar, is what got Charlie through his deployment in Afghanistan. Shirak-e-Mazar is what Afghanis call the paper-thin sheets of hashish that sell for about $1.50 an ounce. It’s a 5000-year-old recipe, perfected in the Mazar-e-Sharif region, for preparing the compressed resin glands of the marijuana plant, and unless things have changed since Charlie left Afghanistan in 2004, it’s available, well, just about everywhere.

So was alcohol, but according to Charlie, it didn't provide the same kind of relief: "You get some drinks in you, you get nice and loose; you drop your inhibitions and think you're invincible. But you haven’t dealt with the stress; you've just kind of blocked it; you don't really understand the possible outcomes of what you’re about to do—or you don't care.

"Smoking though ... you can appreciate the stresses and understand everything that's going on, but you’re still relaxed enough to do what you have to do, and do it well."

Since he got home, he says he is “smoking about one and a half grams a day, depending on how I'm doing. I go through an ounce in three to four weeks. I'm medicating for PTSD, but also a back injury and gastrointestinal problems, so if I had to do things like shovel the walk ... I would have to smoke a little more."

Unfortunately, Charlie does not live in one of the 13 states that have authorized the use of medical marijuana. In the rest of the states, federal law still applies, and according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) marijuana is still classified as a Schedule I drug. Schedule I drugs are those deemed most dangerous, more so than cocaine, oxycodone and methamphetamines, all of which are Schedule II.

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Pauli Wallnuts · Post by **Pauli Wallnuts** » Wed 30th Dec 2009 06:46 pm

dunno about that, wouldn't smoking dope make you think about stuff even more, & make the stress even worse

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Wed 30th Dec 2009 07:20 pm

Pauli Wallnuts wrote:dunno about that, wouldn't smoking dope make you think about stuff even more, & make the stress even worse

This is true, but you must first face up to your issue then acknowledge it and then you can work on it. At least that's how I use weed.

sh@dy · Post by **sh@dy** » Wed 30th Dec 2009 10:12 pm

geoffk wrote:
Pauli Wallnuts wrote:dunno about that, wouldn't smoking dope make you think about stuff even more, & make the stress even worse
This is true, but you must first face up to your issue then acknowledge it and then you can work on it. At least that's how I use weed.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you dont face your problems you cant solve them

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Wed 30th Dec 2009 10:32 pm

sh@dy wrote:
geoffk wrote:
Pauli Wallnuts wrote:dunno about that, wouldn't smoking dope make you think about stuff even more, & make the stress even worse
This is true, but you must first face up to your issue then acknowledge it and then you can work on it. At least that's how I use weed.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you dont face your problems you cant solve them

Yes! and I believe weed helps with this.

sh@dy · Post by **sh@dy** » Wed 30th Dec 2009 10:58 pm

geoffk wrote:
sh@dy wrote:
geoffk wrote:This is true, but you must first face up to your issue then acknowledge it and then you can work on it. At least that's how I use weed.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you dont face your problems you cant solve them
Yes! and I believe weed helps with this.

indeed, but shrooms do this job very well as well