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Exploring The Connection Between Marijuana And PTSD - Purple Power - 05-03-2018 <header class="entry__header"> Exploring The Connection Between Marijuana And PTSD Can smoking marijuana reduce symptoms for those suffering chronic PTSD? </header> <div class="entry__meta__left"> <div class="entry__author-img"> By: <a class="author url fn" href="https://thefreshtoast.com/author/becky-garrison/" title="Posts by Becky Garrison">Becky Garrison</a> <ul class="card__meta"> <li class="card__meta__date"> <time class="entry__date" datetime="2018-05-03T11:00:45+00:00">May 03, 2018</time> </li> </ul> </div> </div> At the Cannabis Science Conference held in Portland, OR on August 29-30, 2017, Dr. Sue Sisley reported on the first federally funded study designed to prove whether smoked marijuana can help reduce symptoms in U.S. veterans with chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). PTSD is described as a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event like combat, a natural disaster, a car accident, or sexual assault. About 7 or 8 out of every 100 people will have PTSD at some point in their lives. When examining the prevalence of PTSD among those serving in the military, its estimatedthat up to twenty percent of those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan developed PTSD. Among those veterans seen in the VA health care system who have PTSD, cannabis has been the most popular substance used since 2009...... https://thefreshtoast.com/cannabis/exploring-the-connection-between-marijuana-and-ptsd/