Colorado cannabis giveaway attracts about 1,000 veterans
Nearly 1,000 veterans stopped by a Colorado Springs hotel to learn about cannabis as an alternative to the plethora of prescription medication they take to subside pain from injuries and post-traumatic stress syndrome sustained during war.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
BY NICOLE HENSLEY
Published: Sunday, September 28, 2014
Marijuana seeds were just one of the items given away for free to Colorado veterans seeking alternative medication to treat physical and mental trauma.
The Saturday event attracted about 1,000 veterans to a Colorado Springs hotel to get a taste of cannabis products such as cookies in lieu of pills, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette newspaper.
“It isn’t going to hurt them as much as the prescription drugs,” Roger Martin, an Army veteran and director of Operation Grow4Vets, the nonprofit responsible for organizing the event, told the Gazette. “I just need something to take the pain away during the day.”
Nearly 20% of soldiers are coming home from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome, according to Veteran’s Affairs statistics. That number is even higher for those who served in Vietnam, which 30% of the veterans also suffer from the anxiety disorder.
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