http://www.rrstar.com/blogs/applesauce/ ... -one-a-day
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This was written by a friend as a LTE to a newspaper:
Drs. D. Mark Anderson, Daniel Rees, and Joseph Sabia conducted a study published by IZA, “Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide.” They found that “…The legalization of medical marijuana is associated with a 5% decrease in the total suicide rate, an 11% decrease… [among] 20-29 year old males, and a 9% decrease… [among] 30-39 year old males.”
Possible explanations for the decrease include the neural protective and neural regenerative properties of cannabis and/or substitution of marijuana for alcohol.
Thousands of veterans petitioned the Obama Administration to: “Allow United States Disabled Military Veterans access to medical marijuana to treat their PTSD.” Their petition was answered not by the Veterans’ Health Administration but by the drug czar, an ex-policeman. He said smoked marijuana has not been found to meet the modern standard of effective medicine.
Al Byrne, co-founder of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access responded, “Vets have used cannabis for PTS since the Revolutionary War.” Michael Krawitz, executive director adds, “By a long shot, it’s better than the drugs they get at the VA.”
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Supporting material:
http://ftp.iza.org/dp6280.pdf
http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2012/05/wh ... ijuana.php
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/s ... 55395138/1
Suicides among active-duty U.S. troops averaging one a day
Suicides among active-duty U.S. troops averaging one a day
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