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Lawmaker Asks PTSD to Qualify for Medical Marijuana Use By Kacey Drescher

Story Published: Feb 18, 2011 at 10:14 AM MST
(Story Updated: Feb 18, 2011 at 1:48 PM MST )

HELENA - The Senate Judiciary Committee also heard testimony for a bill that calls for revision to the Medical Marijuana Act. Democrat Senator David Wanzenried is asking the Legislature to authorize post-traumatic stress disorder as a debilitating medical condition qualifying a person for medical marijuana.
"I don’t know how medical marijuana works, I can tell you it does work,” says Senator David Wanzenried (D-Senate District 49.)
“Many of the veterans I’ve worked with, receive medication form the Department of Veteran Affairs that severely impeded their ability to function. I can’t attest to the percentage of veterans I saw from 81’ until 2006 that were using marijuana but I can tell you, in my opinion it was at least 50% probably more and they were able to function in a classroom environment or even a work environment,” says Charlie Brown from Missoula.
Many veterans support Senate Bill 336. By the way, Montana is fourth in the nation for the most veterans per capita.