As a U.S. Army medic in the midst of the invasion of Iraq, Dante Cammarata was presented the mission with treating wounds, handing out medicine and saving lives.
Back in the world of civilians and wrestling with own wounds, Cammarata, who is 34 years of age states that marijuana was the reason his life was saved.
Currently, the Olympia college student hopes to keep other veterans fro taking their own lives by using cannabis as an alternative to prescription pain medicine. By one estimate, PTSD afflicts one in five Iraq and Afghanistan war vets.
“We served this country proudly,” Cammarata said, “and we don’t want to be seen as criminals for trying to help ourselves.”
The Legislature agreed this year. A reconstruction of Washington’s medical marijuana program that takes effect Friday adds PTSD and traumatic brain issues to the conditions a doctor can distinguish in prescribing medical marijuana.
With limited investigative research on marijuana as a remedy for PTSD is inconclusive. One state provided financial assistance for a Colorado study that is just starting. Yet the federal government is still not convinced. However, Washington will be the 11th state to in particular add PTSD as a qualifying health issue stated Mike Krawitz, who is the executive director of Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access.
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