TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — ntau lub xeev no uas puas yuav legalize yeeb tshuaj xas los kho hom kev ntshai. Tab sis rau cov lus qhia thiab ntau, kev sis caav ntawd twb xaus lawm.
Lawv nyob nraum qhia siv cannabis txawm nws tshua tsis raug cai nyob rau hauv cov kas thiab no mas yog lub Department ntawm cov lus qhia thiab Affairs vim tias kev tshawb fawb loj tsis tau qhia tias nws yog qhov zoo rau PTSD.
Thaum txoj kev tshawb fawb tau lawm contradictory thiab xwb, tej qub neeg uas cov tub rog hais lauj kaub pab kom tswj tau nws ntxhov siab vim, insomnia thiab npau suav phem. Cov tshuaj xws li Klonopin thiab Zoloft tsis zoo los cia lawv lawm zoo li zombies, ib txhia hais.
"Kuv mus nyob ze koj ib qhov mess mus numbing rau kuv tus kheej nrog rau cov tshuaj uas lawv tau muab rau kuv," hais Mike Whiter, muaj 39 xyoo qub tubrog nkoj uas nyob rau hauv Philadelphia, yeeb tshuaj xas nyob qhov twg txhaum kev cai. "Cannabis pab kuv tawm ntawm kuv nyob hauv lub qhov. Yog yuav tham nrog cov neeg thiab ua tau xwb kuv ntxhov siab vim kev."
Lwm tus, kiag tau pom me ntsis nyiaj pab los ntawm cov tshuaj. Thiab cov VA lawm yav tas los ib troubling sawv hauv cov PTSD-afflicted me uas tau raug tshuaj lawm nrog yeeb tshuaj xas dependence, twg tej kws txawj hais tau hamper rov qab los ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog.
Plaws Sally Schindel, cov Prescott, Arizona, hais qhov VA thiaj paub hais tias nws tus tub Andy Zorn nrog PTSD tom qab uas nws txais kev pab rau cov tub rog nyob rau Iraq. Qhov chaw ua hauj lwm tom qab thiaj paub hais tias nws nrog yeeb tshuaj xas dependence, thiab cov kev nyuaj siab thiab lus bipolar, nws hais.
Schindel hais tias nws tus tub yog siv yeeb tshuaj xas tsis rau nqi ua si, tiam sis raws li self-medication, tshwj xeeb tshaj los pab kom nws tsaug zog. Nws tua tau nws tus kheej rau cov muaj hnub nyoog 31 hauv 2014, nyob hauv nws yus tua yus nco tias "yeeb tshuaj xas muab tua tag lawm kuv tus plig & puas kuv lub hlwb."
"Nws hais rau kuv nws nyob nws nyuab tawm tshaj li qhov nws xav tias nws yuav ua tau npaum li cas," Schindel hais. "Nws yuav yuav nws thiab haus luam yeeb nws thiab yaug kom nws. Hnub tom qab nws tau yuav nws dua."
Cov dab neeg uas vets Zorn thiab Whiter muaj pab chaw sam roj kev sis caav pem seb lub xeev thiab tseem fwv yuav tsum legalize cov tshuaj PTSD kho. Lawmakers yeej qhia sympathizing vets zoo li Whiter, dua li cov tsis muaj pov thawj scientific uas muaj. Hos muaj ib txhia kuj tshawb kawm muaj qhia txog yeeb tshuaj xas pab neeg tswj tus mob PTSD nyob rau lub sij hawm luv luv, lwm pom tias nws yuav ua mob loj tuaj lawm.
Pib nrog New Mexico nyob rau xyoo 2009, 10 lub xeev muaj nyob PTSD ntawm tus ailments uas kho yeeb tshuaj xas yeej yuav tua, raws li cov yeeb tshuaj xas tsab cai Project, uas thov xaus ntawm cov tshuaj criminalization. Ob peb tug ntxiv ntshe tsev txiav txim muab cov kws kho mob sab ces yam kaus lauj kaub rau PTSD sufferers.
Kev ntsuas xws li muaj tau nkag tau rau hauv Georgia, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island thiab Utah. Nyob rau hauv kaum ib hlis, rau U.S Senate dhau ib qho kev pauv uas yuav cia VA kws qhia seb mob yeeb tshuaj xas mus vets nyob hauv lub xeev nws nyob qhov twg raws li txoj cai. Lub tswv yim txog tejyam kom dhau lub tsev.
Tsoom fwv teb chaws txoj cai lij choj hais tias yuav tsum raug randomized, tswj tau los ua pov thawj tias ib cov tshuaj yog zoo ua ntej VA kws kho mob yuav xav nws. Tej kev tshawb fawb muaj raws li nram no, nrog rau ob tug los ntawm Colorado, uas lub xeev pawg neeg tswj tuav rau legalizing yeeb tshuaj xas rau PTSD vim yog cov tsis muaj kev tshawb fawb loj.
"Muaj muaj tseeb tsis txaus pov thawj scientific hais yeeb tshuaj xas pab PTSD," hais Marcel Bonn-Miller, lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Pennsylvania xibfwb uas yog ua qhov kev tshawb fawb Colorado-backed. "Tab sis peb mam tau txais ib heck ntawm closer heev yuav tau paub cov lus teb rau ob peb xyoo."
Txij li thaum xyoo 2002, qhov feem pua ntawm PTSD-afflicted me uas tau raug tshuaj lawm nrog yeeb tshuaj xas dependence muaj climbed los % 13 mus ze li ntawm 23 feem pua, VA cov ntaub ntawv tso tawm xyoo tas los no ua ntej. Rau cov lus qhia thiab tshaj 40,000 uas translates.
Teb hu ua "cannabis siv lus", dependence yuav txhais hais tias ib tug neeg tswj tsis tau kom koj tsaug zog los sis yuav chim siab tsis muaj cov tshuaj. Txhais tias yuav kuj yog siv yeeb tshuaj xas muaj diminished neeg txoj kev sib raug zoo rau koj tus kheej los yog peev xwm tuav ib txoj hauj lwm.
Dr. Karen Drexler, VA tus deputy teb chaws hlwb program director rau hom mob, hais tias tej zaum cov kev quav tshuaj yog tsis tau vim lwm vets yuav tsum tau tos kom tshawb fawb.
"Yeeb tshuaj xas yuav chiv muab ib co nyem", tab sis cov muaj PTSD, "yog nyuaj tiv thaiv nws thaum koj pib," nws hais. "Nws tau ua no to vicious."
Nws ntxiv tias tus tig tau numbing los ntawm yeeb tshuaj xas thiaj tseem tabkaum kho zoo PTSD: tham nrog txoj kev kho, uas lus qhia thiab sim rau txheej txheem txoj kev lawv mus dhau.
Tej lus qhia thiab thiab tej kws kho mob tsis pomzoo.
Hauv Maine, qhov twg yeeb tshuaj xas tau tshuaj rau PTSD, Dr. Dustin Sulak, tus kws kho mob rau qhov xyaum hais tias cov kws kho mob yuav pab tswj lawv siv yeeb tshuaj xas, vets kom dependence. Sulak tseem hais lauj kaub thiaj pab vets koom rau hauv kev sib tham nrog txoj kev kho.
Whiter, cov vet ntawm Pennsylvania, hais tias yog nws kev.
Thaum nws nyob Iraq hauv lub mus-2000s, Whiter hais tias, nws pom teeb rooj ntawm ntug tej tawg hem tawg tuaj rau Humvees thiab tus neeg tau txhaj koob tshuaj tivthaiv. Tom qab nws tau mus hauv tsev, tsis hnov tsw ntawm dev kub triggered flashbacks los tsis hnov tsw rau hle tawv nqaij. Tus VA nws thiaj li thiaj paub tias nws muaj PTSD thiab kws kho mob muab cov tshuaj xws li Klonopin thiab Zoloft.
Tus Klonopin lawm nws tsis tau yuav luag txhua yam, nws hais tias, thiab nws txiav txim siab mus sim yeeb tshuaj xas tom qab xeeb tus taw tes "qhov twg kuv tsis tu yog nyob los tuag."
"Kuv pib yeej pib pab txhua lub limtiam thiab pib ncaj tiag tiag rau kuv tus kheej thiab tau txais li yam," hais tias Whiter, leej twg ntxiv tias nws tseem yuav siv ib co Zoloft rau nws ntxhov siab vim. "Kuv tsis tau nias txaus tias pab no tseem ceeb heev nyob rau hauv no. Yog tsis nroj tsuag xwb."
