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Former U.S. Marine starts campaign to raise awareness of overmedication of veterans

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 06/23/2015 - 08:15

TORONTO – For five years, the biggest challenge in United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Mike Whiter’s life was simply finding the will to step out his front door.

Medically discharged from the Marines in 2006 as a result of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), he says nothing prepared him for life back home, or for how “messed up” he would become as a result of his PTSD – or the many medications he was prescribed by Veteran’s Affairs (VA).

“I sat on the chair, and watched TV. I showered, once in a while,” Whiter told Global News from his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “I was just depressed. I wanted to die.”

Today, the 39-year-old art student at the Art Institute of Philadelphia says he’s in a much brighter place in his life, and he knows exactly why that is.

“I truly believe cannabis saved my life.”

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