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Tue, 07/06/2021 - 17:39
43-1 IN WRAL SURVEY SUPPORT MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN NC: Some viewers spoke from personal experience with medical marijuana. "I support medical cannabis because I'm a veteran of the Iraq war. And I was diagnosed with PTSD after I got out of military," said Thomas Baker in Wake County. "I was living in California at the time, and was able to access medical cannabis, and it truly helped save my life." Others said it could help them with their current medical conditions. "I hope the North Carolina General Assembly will approve medical marijuana for those of us that deal with chronic back pain due to failed back surgeries, failed nerve issues, multiple sclerosis, war victims, and so on," said Johnston County's Tanya Clemmons Cook "We deserve a break." Some said it could be a pain-management alternative to opioids, without the risk of overdose those drugs continue to pose.