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One Way Marijuana Helps Veterans And Others With PTSD
Cannabis can help put that overactive fear system in its place.
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By: <a class="author url fn" href="https://thefreshtoast.com/author/breamosley/" title="Posts by Brea Mosley">Brea Mosley</a>
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<time class="entry__date" datetime="2017-11-16T00:00:40+00:00">Nov 15, 2017</time>
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Cannabis use among veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been on the rise since the early 2000s. As more studies and research are conducted on the connection between cannabis and relieving symptoms of PTSD, it is safe to say that veterans have been onto something, at least when it comes to reducing fear and the recurrence of negative flashbacks.
We all have a fear system. That is, when we encounter something scary, our heart may race at a heightened pace, we might clench our fist and other muscles might tighten or contract. But once that fear passes, our heart rate returns to a normal rate and our muscles go back to a relaxed state. We go back to doing whatever it was before fear crept in...
https://thefreshtoast.com/cannabis/one-w...with-ptsd/
One Way Marijuana Helps Veterans And Others With PTSD
Cannabis can help put that overactive fear system in its place.
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By: <a class="author url fn" href="https://thefreshtoast.com/author/breamosley/" title="Posts by Brea Mosley">Brea Mosley</a>
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<time class="entry__date" datetime="2017-11-16T00:00:40+00:00">Nov 15, 2017</time>
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Cannabis use among veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been on the rise since the early 2000s. As more studies and research are conducted on the connection between cannabis and relieving symptoms of PTSD, it is safe to say that veterans have been onto something, at least when it comes to reducing fear and the recurrence of negative flashbacks.
We all have a fear system. That is, when we encounter something scary, our heart may race at a heightened pace, we might clench our fist and other muscles might tighten or contract. But once that fear passes, our heart rate returns to a normal rate and our muscles go back to a relaxed state. We go back to doing whatever it was before fear crept in...
https://thefreshtoast.com/cannabis/one-w...with-ptsd/