Weed Saved Strung-Out Vet’s Life, but VA Won’t Listen
Mike Whiter was a virtual recluse when he was on as many as 14 medications provided by Veterans Affairs—until he toked up.
PHILADELPHIA — Retired Marine Staff Sergeant Mike Whiter emptied a box full of orange pill bottles onto 22 people lying in the middle of Market Street at the end of Philadelphia’s Veteran’s Day Parade.
The 22 volunteers played dead in front of Independence Mall on Sunday to represent the average daily number of suicides by U.S. military veterans since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Many of them and Whiter sported olive-drab hoodies emblazoned with “Operation Overmed,” the project he started last summer to draw attention to the damaging effects to veterans of pharmaceutical overmedication by the VA.
In 2012, it was rare for Whiter to leave his house, let alone organize a protest.
He lost all contact with close friends and family and only knew...
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