just as an interesting aside, soldiers who smoked the MJ during Vietnam were found to be less likely to return home with PTSD, while those who didn't smoke were more likely to have it.
Could be because those in the field (at risk for PTSD) were less likely to be smoking dope. I hear that drug use was really more a rear area issue, not tolerated in the field. Of course that would contradict Oliver Stone’s account.
That said, I have no problem with MDMA clinical experiments.
"just as an interesting aside, soldiers who smoked the MJ during Vietnam were found to be less likely to return home with PTSD, while those who didn't smoke were more likely to have it."
I'd like to see some data please. I ran a PTSD program for VN vets for years, and virtually to a man, they smoked pot in Vietnam. Might not quite have been 100%, but I'd say with confidence it was 80-90% plus.
I thought that I read right here on FR sometime last yr that the Israeli Army is (or was?) giving their soldiers marijuana to help them cope w/ PTSD. That sounds very logical to me. It's been several months since I read the story, I wish I knew the details a lil bit further.