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300000 Iraq & Afghan Vets Suffer PTSD & Depression DN Report
300,000 US troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from major depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. This, according to a new study by the RAND Corporation. Researchers say nearly 20 percent of the troops who served in the war zones are suffering PTSD and depression, but only half of them have sought treatment. RAND researcher Terri Tanielian said, “Unless they receive appropriate and effective care for these mental health conditions, there will be long-term consequences for them and for the nation.” The study also estimates that 320,000 service members had experienced a possible traumatic brain injury while deployed. Researchers say female soldiers and reservists had the highest rates of post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression. Meanwhile, in Texas, the Dallas VA Medical Center has been forced to close its psychiatric ward to new patients after the suicides of four veterans this year.



Israel To Soothe Trauma With Marijuana
By Corinne Heller October 02, 2004

IDF To Treat Shell Shock With Cannabis Israel August 05, 2004
The IDF will soon begin using cannabis to treat soldiers suffering from combat stress, the military said Wednesday. An army statement said the military medical corps and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem would begin treating victims of post-traumatic stress - commonly known as shell shock - with THC, the active ingredient in the cannabis plant. It said the treatment would begin on an experimental basis. The use of THC as part of the treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder was approved by military and civilian committees relevant to the subject, the statement said.

Pot Shots for Israeli Soldiers

Study: Marijuana Eases Traumatic Memories

Pot Blocks Painful Memories, Study Says

Cannabis, the Importance of Forgetting by Michael Pollan

Pot-Like Chemical Helps Beat Fear


Tod H. Mikuriya M.D.

Drugwar Lies Linked to Schizophrenia

'Cannabis' Acts as Antidepressant
October 13, 2005 : BBC News United Kingdom
A chemical found in cannabis can act like an antidepressant, researchers have found. A team from Canada's University of Sasketchewan suggest the compound causes nerve cells to regenerate. The Journal of Clinical Investigation study showed rats given a cannabinoid were less anxious and less depressed. But UK experts warned other conflicting research had linked cannabis, and other cannabinoids, to an increased risk of depression and anxiety.

Ganja Acts as an Antidepressant (Thread of Linx)

'Cannabis' Acts as Antidepressant

Scientists Copy Pot To Combat Depression

DEPRESSION & HUNDREDS OF OTHER PRIMARY MEDICAL USES



Seeking Rest From the Terrors, New York Pops Pills
New Yorkers are increasingly turning to sedation to help them escape the nightmares created by the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. According to doctors and pharmacists in the city, New York's denizens--many grieving for lost friends and family--are looking to medicine more than ever before to help fall asleep.

SLEEP AND RELAXATION

CANNABIS LUNG CLEANER AND EXPECTORANT



Only the Stoners Will Survive?

Marijuana Protects Your Brain by Dana Larsen
Studies reveal that marijuana protects against brain damage from stroke, heart attacks, and nerve gas.

Could Medical Marijuana Have Prevented Gulf War Syndrome?
Derivative Combats Nerve Gas, Say Israeli Reports
From Scripps Howard News Service



Many Veterans are the Enemy in the Bush D.E.A.th War

Sam Stone came home, To his wife and family After serving in the conflict overseas. And the time that he served, Had shattered all his nerves, And left a little shrapnel in his knee. But the morphine eased the pain, And the grass grew round his brain, And gave him all the confidence he lacked, With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back...

Sam Stone's welcome home Didn't last too long. He went to work when he'd spent his last dime And Sammy took to stealing When he got that empty feeling For a hundred dollar habit without overtime. And the gold rolled through his veins Like a thousand railroad trains, And eased his mind in the hours that he chose, While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes...

Sam Stone was alone When he popped his last balloon Climbing walls while sitting in a chair Well, he played his last request While the room smelled just like D.E.A.th With an overdose hovering in the air But life had lost its fun And there was nothing to be done But trade his house that he bought on the G.I. Bill For a flag draped casket on a local heroes' hill...

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose. Little pitchers have big ears, Don't stop to count the years, Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios. Mmmmm....
Sam Stone * John Prine * Souvenirs

Addiction Treatment Strives for Legitimacy
Some drugs are made in laboratories. Others, like penicillin, are discovered by accident. And then there's ibogaine, a sacramental substance from West Africa that some say interrupts heroin, cocaine, and other addictions.

Legalise Cannabis To Cut Heroin Addiction

For Heroin Addicts, A Bizarre Remedy

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November Coalition

Agent Orange, All Over Again

Scientists Test Hallucinogens for Mental Ills


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ProfessorMurder

Isn't that practically all of them?

Not to mention the failled/succesfull suicides not reported
or that "don't count" off the field or at home.

The other side of this "two-faced" coin is the contractor mercinery yahoos.

Living it up, shooting it up for a year of less, and leave whenever they want for double the pay.

When troops get redeployed over and over again with longer tours.

We're breaking the one thing keeping us safe.

When we get attacked, the only people to respond will be beer bellied michigan militia weekend warriors types w/ pristine assualt rifles,
in toyota tundra's or 'compact' humvies.
"Canadian Bacon - John Candy" style.

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ThEnEeD4DaWeEd

I for one want to thank you for posting this. I am a combat vet, I served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and As well as a tour in afghanastan. I was discharged from the army with a general under honorable conditions due to the fact that I used marijuana to help me with my PTSD and Depression. Honestly it works. It keeps me from wanting to smash peoples faces in. The military is all I ever wanted in my life Since I was kid. I joined the infantry which is what I wanted. The governments of the world who illegalize marijuana are wrong for doing so and know it. There are thousands of vets who use the herb for the same reason. I know of numerous vets still in ( rangers and green berets ) who also use it. I dont feel you even need to post anymore on why marijuana should be legalized. it's not the people who made the laws. It's the dumbasses everyone votes for. Why has everyone forgotten the basic fundamentals of why this country was founded. WE THE PEOPLE have the RIGHT to appoint the government we choose. WE THE PEOPLE also have the RIGHT to remove that very same government if needed. Why has everyone forgotten that. hundreds of websites around the internet have thousands upon thousands if not millions of supporters who are being supressed by laws that incriminate those who use marijuana ( your soldiers, Protectors, sons, daughters, grandmothers, grandfathers, moms, and dads alike. ) Why is everytone so damn affraid to step up as one voice and exercise the very rights those 300000 soldiers fight for. The morally obvious RIGHTS that the Elected (BY THE PEOPLE ) Lawmakers sworn to protect have MANGLED in every possible suppressive way. Stop leaving your soldiers hanging. Take care of us, we are hurting. Step up and make the changes you have the Right to make. I'm no scholar but I do watch John adams and the history channel. I know my rights and I'm willing to do something about it. One voice wont be heard. UNITED we're HIGH. Divided we're CRIMINALS.
What a bunch of bullshit.

ThEnEeD4DaWeEd

yeah I know what you mean about the mercs.Remember though, most of them are already vets who saw how screwed they were getting by the government and changed to civilian. I dont blame the contacrtors. Hell when my buddy gets out we are starting our own contractor securtiy company.

ThEnEeD4DaWeEd

MY country is full of pussies.

Geeno

ill join your security force

Ill go in first and be all like DO SOMETHIN

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ProfessorMurder

This is something pleasant coming down the road.

More military recruites have a felony criminal background.

Give'em a few years in 130 degree heat,
and send'em home more broken than before.

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