By Vince Bzdek | Commentary, The Gazette
Just before Javonte Hill got out of the Navy and settled in Denver, he was diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety and depression but had not sought treatment yet.
His girlfriend, an occasional marijuana user, recommended he try pot as a way “to chill out.”
“You know I’m not like a pot smoker. I just got out of the military,” he recently told a New York Times reporter. But he’d heard it was a much safer alternative to alcohol, and he wouldn’t wake up hung over, so why not?
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