#Obama nixes troops' pot-for-#PTSD push, @patriciakime reports. @whitehouse says #marijuana is not a "benign drug"

No pot for PTSD, White House says

#Obama nixes troops' pot-for-#PTSD push, @patriciakime reports. @whitehouse says #marijuana is not a "benign drug"

http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2012/07/military-no-pot-for-ptsd-white-house-says-071712w/ No pot for PTSD, White House says By Patricia Kime - Staff writer Posted : Tuesday Jul 17, 2012 14:02:13 EDT An effort to persuade the Obama administration to legalize marijuana for sufferers of post-traumatic stress has met with a sound rejection from the White House. Responding to a petition signed by 8,258 people on the White House website, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske wrote last month that marijuana is not a “benign drug” and does not meet standards of safe or effective medicine. More reading Military veterans say pot eases PTSD (July 8) “When the President took office, he directed all his policymakers to develop policies on science and research, not ideology or politics,” Kerlikowske wrote. The White House usually requires 25,000 sign...

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