After an expansion of the state’s compassionate use program on September 1, anyone diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder can access medical marijuana. PTSD was just one of the conditions added to the expansion by state lawmakers during the regular session.
David Bass, a Desert Storm Veteran living in Killeen, Texas, credits cannabis to his recovery journey through PTSD. He served 25 years in the Army and was deployed to Iraq in 2004-2005. His time there made a profound difference in his life.
“It was heavy fighting the entire time that the First Cavalry Division was deployed to Iraq. We took some serious casualties,” he recalls, adding that the traumatic experience abroad was only tolerable by focusing on a dream he held onto.
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