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Veterans PTSD Study Relocated Due To Politics

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http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/ ... -relocated
“There is a major Arizona Board of Regents meeting on Thursday where a group of Arizona veterans will be encouraging the Board of Regents to get Sisley instated at Arizona State University so she can do the study there,” Burge said. “Nothing has been decided yet, but it will be soon.”
“Nevada-elected leaders, including many of their congressional delegates, agree with urgent need for whole plant marijuana research and immediately reached out to me after learning of my UA termination,” Sisley said. “They have been actively courting the study for over two months, which is a stark contrast to some of our own Arizona legislative leadership who seemed to be actively suppressing this work and certainly trying to create an adverse environment at the universities.”
As some one pointed out at another place:

AZ House: 60% Republican.

AZ Senate: 56.66% Republican

Republicans are building opposition to themselves among veterans who have something like a 20% long term PTSD rate from combat tours. And of course those veterans have friends. And supporters. But if cannabis for veterans with PTSD is allowed then it will need to be allowed for victims of child abuse. And then the heavens will fall. Anyone will be able to get it because there is no test for PTSD other than a person's claims.

Best to deny veterans relief. Lest the sky fall as it has in Colorado. Where at least some of the study is likely to take place. Ignorance is best. Lest we get the "wrong" answers. Morality demands ignorance. Well at least Republican morality demands it.

Next thing you know people will be demanding cancer studies.
Colorado Will Spend $10 Million Researching Marijuana's Medical Benefits

A number of studies in recent years have demonstrated the medical potential of cannabis. Purified forms of cannabis can be effective at attacking some forms of aggressive cancer. Marijuana use has also been tied to better blood sugar control and may help slow the spread of HIV. Legalization of the plant for medical purposes may even lead to lower suicide rates.

Earlier this year, the federal government signed off on a historic study looking at marijuana as a treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. The study will examine the effects of five different potencies of smoked or vaporized cannabis on 50 veterans suffering from PTSD.

Nearly 30 percent of veterans who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars suffer from PTSD, according to a 2012 report from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Scientists have speculated that marijuana could help veterans suffering from PTSD symptoms, which can include anxiety, flashbacks and depression.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/2 ... 65644.html
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