Some veterans feel medical marijuana helps with PTSD
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SHOULD MARIJUANA BE LEGALIZED
FOR MEDICAL USE IN NORTH
CAROLINA? THAT WAS THE TOPIC OF
DISCUSSION FOR A PANEL OF
EXPERTS TODAY. AND
FAYETTEVILLE, TECHNICAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE WRAL,
FAYETTEVILLE REPORTER GILBERT
BAIZE. WAS THERE TO LISTEN IN
ON THE CONVERSATION.
>> WILL THIS PANEL DISCUSSION?
YOU'RE FAYETTEVILLE, TECHNICAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE CENTERS
AROUND THE CASES STARTED IN
CALIFORNIA IN 2005, A WOMAN WAS
LEGALLY GROWING MARIJUANA IN
THE STATE, BUT IT WAS AGAINST
FEDERAL LAW FOR CASE ENDED UP
GOING TO THE SUPREME COURT.
THE DEBATE OVER LEGALIZING
MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL USE HAS
REACHED ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR
YEARS. THERE ARE SERVICE
MEMBERS WHO SAY THE DRUG HELPS
HIM DEAL WITH SEVERAL COMBAT
RELATED ILLNESSES INCLUDING
PTSD.
>> SHELLEY WATSON, WHO SERVED
IN THE ARMY FOR 28 YEARS IS ONE
OF THEM. IT REALLY SHOWS YOU.
WHY DO YOU KNOW? AND IT'S A
LOT OF MEDICATIONS THAT I RULE
OUT. AND I I DON'T TAKE JUST
BECAUSE I I HAVE MORE EFFECT
ON HIM TO HOUSTON. BUT
MARIJUANA IS ILLEGAL IN NORTH
EVEN FOR MEDICAL USE.
>> HOWEVER, THERE ARE DOCTORS
WHO BELIEVE THE DRUG HAS SOME
MEDICAL BENEFITS. BUT I THINK
IT'S CERTAINLY VERY USEFUL FOR
CHRONIC PAIN
>> DOES USE FOR NAUSEA AND
VOMITING AND IT'S ALSO VERY
USEFUL FOR IMPROVING APPETITE
IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE VERY
SIGNIFICANT A LOSS OF WEIGHT
DO TOO. HIV OR THE OTHER.
THE CANCER DUE TO CONDITIONS
WHAT THE PANEL DISCUSSION AT
FAYETTEVILLE, TECHNICAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE NOT ONLY DO
WITH THE MEDICAL USE OF THE
DRUG BUT ITS LEGALITY.
>> THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED
YEARS AGO IN THE CASE OF
GONZALEZ VERSUS REGGIE, THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOT STATES
CONTROL THE USE AND SALE OF
MARIJUANA EVEN IN STATES LIKE
CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE PASSED THE
COMPASSIONATE USE ACT. AND EVEN
JOHN PAUL STEVENS WHO WROTE
THE OPINION LATER IN HIS BOOK,
5 CHEESE.
>> CITED THAT CASE AS A A CASE
WHERE HE FOLLOWED THE LAW, EVEN
THOUGH HE DEPLORED THE RESULT.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE DO
APPRECIATE THAT. SOME PEOPLE
SOME SYMPTOMS THAT THAT
MARIJUANA MAKES THEM MORE
COMFORTABLE. BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY, THE LAW IS THE LAW.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PANEL
DISCUSSION WAS ALL ABOUT.
MARIJUANA IS STILL ILLEGAL HERE
IN NORTH CAROLINA. BUT THERE IS
HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE
COMPASSION TO LEAD TO BE USED
FOR MEDICAL USE.
>> AT FAYETTEVILLE, TECHNICAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE GILBERT BAYS,
WRAL, NEWS AND HERE IN NORTH
CAROLINA FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN
A ROW, A PROPOSAL.
>> TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA FOR
PATIENTS WITH DEBILITATING OR
TERMINAL MEDICAL CONDITION IS
CALLED THE COMPASSIONATE THE
COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT. IT WAS