If You’re A War Vet With PTSD, You Could Qualify For Free Weed

Chuck Ludley

Free Weed For War Veterans With PTSD

Long Story Short

If you’re a war veteran with PTSD or a similar traumatic brain injury you could qualify for free weed compliments of a new research project. Researchers in Maryland and Arizona are trying to figure out if cannabis can help treat PTSD. And they’re willing to give vets free weekly supplies of weed if they’ll participate in the project.

The Details

Thanks to a $2.2 million grant from the state of Colorado, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies is doing a study to see if cannabis can treat PTSD. This project is the first real study into the subject.

The plan is to study 76 combat veterans over a 12 week period. Each veteran in the experiment will be given enough cannabis each week to smoke up to 1.8 grams per day. That’s enough for two free joints a day.

After smoking, participants will use an iPad to document their use. They’ll track sleep quality and write about their general experiences with cannabis. They’ll also make a short video recording each time they smoke.

Researchers will conduct a series of additional tests to track other important health data. At the end of it all, they hope to start figuring out if cannabis can be used as an effective way to treat PTSD.

Who Qualifies?

Researchers are looking for war veterans who are dealing with PTSD or a similar traumatic brain injury. The injury needs to be officially diagnosed with a disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Besides that, the ideal candidate should be in good health.

To qualify, you should already be receiving some treatment for PTSD. And keep in mind that to qualify you to need to be marijuana-free for at least two weeks. So if you want to volunteer, you might need to take a couple of weeks off from smoking first.

How To Volunteer

If you’re interested in volunteering for the project, email arizona@marijuanasites.org. You can also call the Baltimore research site at 410-550-0050. Researchers plan to let 76 veterans into the project.

So far, more than 100 have volunteered. If you want to get your hands on some free weed while helping a critical medical cannabis study at the same time, you should probably act fast.