1. Treating PTSD and Depression with Medical Marijuana
In an editorial in 2002 John Walters, the administrator of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Stated, "Smoked marijuana damages the brain, heart, lungs, and immune system. ... Unlike cigarette smokers, most users do not take the drug on a daily basis, and usually abandon it in their twenties or thirties. Unlike for nicotine, alcohol and hard drugs, there is no clearly defined withdrawal syndrome, the hallmark of true addiction, when use is stopped." ... I would much rather deal with being fat from eating all the food the medical marijuana caused me to crave than to battle another disor...
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