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Why this previous drug police officer turned to the black market to get help for his war-veteran son’s PTSD

Why this previous drug police officer turned to the black market to get help for his war-veteran son’s PTSD

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April 25, 2020 05: 44:07

When Max Hill looks you in the eye, he still has the piercing gaze of the drug cop he used to be.

Key points:

  • Veteran David Hill has PTSD and was being treated with benzodiazepines, a minor tranquiliser, at a psychiatric ward
  • When he was released he deteriorated further as he withdrew from the medication, but medical marijuana helped
  • When the medical item was no longer offered, his daddy Max turned to the black market. The set now wish to help others

Now in retirement, he’s still hunting cannabis suppliers. However this time, it’s as a consumer on behalf of his child, David– an army veteran of 2 trips of Afghanistan who utilizes it to deal with trauma (PTSD).

” I’m a bit slow on the uptake, I expect,” Max stated.

” It took me 22 years in the police, and 20 years given that, to find out that marijuana is a medication.”

This is no ‘Breaking Bad’ story. Max is freely and certainly flouting a law he says has actually passed its use-by date.

His turning point came when David– who was suffering terribly with PTSD

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