Cripes I forgot I made this thread cuz it was slow rolling in the beginning. Thanks for all the responses guys. Its always nice to hear success stories of friends/family members where marijuana really helped them with Chronic Pain. Storytime:
As for me..Yea I got diagnosed with PTSD from the Army. I did two separate one year deployments to Iraq. First time was 2004. We were the 2nd push into the country after the initial invasion. Occupied an area 25 miles south of Baghdad that was located in the bottom half of what was known as the "triangle of death" due to the numerous amounts of IEDS and ambushes that awaited you on the MSRs(Main service routes..the roads) So seen and did a lot of shit the first time. After a year at home I was off for another year. I was stationed at Fort Hood Texas, which happens to be the most deployed base in the United States due to the 4th Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division having their homes there. I will say one thing though it was an absolute honor to be a part of 2 of the most historically epic and decorated Divisions the military has ever seen. My first unit(4th Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade, 8th Infantry Regiment, Echo Company)<---Say that 5 times fast---Was actually one of the very first units on the beach in Normandy during D-Day WW2. This was the unit I was with during my first deployment. My SECOND deployment my unit was transferred over into the 1st Cavalry Division..which is pretty historic and we did really cool shit at home. We had the Stetson hats with the spurs on the backs of our boots and what not, it was really cool to be a part of that kind of tradition. But when business came down to business we were sent to the Iran/Iraq Border to stop/prevent the transportation of weapons and explosives across the border. Shitty part about that was that there was no base for us to go to so we had to make our own. So that meant a year of sleeping in tents with no running water, no internet, or no anything pretty much.(Luckily I brought the first gen video ipod with me loaded with Realtickling and Magic Touch Videos I had purchased so I was set 😛) So yea without getting into details that all sucked. The great part about having access to medical is that you can actually pick the strain you want to tailor to actually what you need. Maybe you don't want to get super stoned but you want some high terp/CBD strains to relax and relieve anxiety. ORRR maybe you just want the highest possible THC quality strain in existence so you can blast off to the moon and listen to Primus.(Fuck yea) Either way it should be legal and probably will be in most states in 5-10 years. Either way I cant wait for my card to drop...Ive been supporting the Chicago Latin Kings with my money for too long now just to get the stuff that makes me feel better.