Natasha Yee, Nicholas Johnsen and Taylor EaglestonSpecial for Cronkite News A blue haze swirled around Jaime Weidmann as the TV droned on. Another day, another
By Natasha Yee, Nicholas Johnsen and Taylor Eagleston/Special for Cronkite News
Feb. 16, 2021
Dr. Amy Wagner, a naturopathic physician in Phoenix, says cannabis “helps with the PTSD. I’ve had wives come in with their husbands that say, ‘You know what, we’re getting along again’ because they’re not drinking anymore.” (Photo by Taylor Eagleston/Special for Cronkite News)
A blue haze swirled around Jaime Weidmann as the TV droned on. Another day, another high. But this day in 2016 would be different.
Her boyfriend was fed up with her verbal abuse and refusal to get a job Weidmann hadn’t worked in five years. Tired of enabling her marijuana addiction, he kicked her out of his east Phoenix home.