Veterans Day: Texas Vets Fight for Medical Cannabis Legalization
If you start hearing stories about thousands of toy soldiers showing up on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol on Veteran’s Day, you can thank David Bass.
Bass is the director of veteran outreach for Texas NORML, one of the cannabis advocacy group’s most active chapters.
He came by that position through hard experience. Years ago, Bass found himself taking an assortment of prescription painkillers to deal with the PTSD and chronic pain brought on by a 20-year career in the U.S. Army.
“Each medication had terrible side effects,” Bass said. “I felt like a zombie. I had flat emotions, experienced suicidal ideation. I got addicted to hydrocodone. It got to where I couldn’t do without taking it every day. And I was drinking a lot.”
Then he tried cannabis. “With better-grade cannabis,” Bass told Leafly, “I noticed I was using less pain medication, and felt I needed...
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