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By Nick Etten and Geoff Young
Texas has a long and proud history of supporting our troops and veterans.
The state is home to some of the largest military installations in the country, more than 120,000 active duty and reserve members of the armed forces, and 1.5 million veterans. There are laws that help veterans buy homes, run small businesses, receive college credit, and send their kids to college.
But in one vital area, Texas is leaving our veterans behind: it is one of just 14 states where veterans don’t have access to medical cannabis, which has proven effective in helping manage the physical and mental wounds that often stem from their service to our nation.
Some veterans who took psychedelic drugs after finding no relief from prescribed medications say it changed their lives.
Paratroopers walk as they prepare equipment and load an aircraft at Fort Bragg, N.C., last year. (Spc. Hubert Delany III/U.S. Army via AP, File)
(CN) When Andrew Marr left the military in 2015, he no longer felt like the person he was before service. A former college athlete and self-described “warrior,” he suffered from a range of new health issues, including frequent panic attacks.
Veterans Affairs doctors put him on more than a dozen medications. Marr said he saw “zero benefit.”