Resource Type:

Website

Provided By:

Disabled American Veterans

Phone Number:
(877) 426-2838
Location

State: Kentucky

Zip: 41018


Medical cannabis as an alternative to opioids for veterans. Like many veterans, the rigors of military service took a toll on Air Force veteran and DAV life member Jarid Watson’s body. He’s not sure when exactly it happened—perhaps during physical training or while loading and unloading cargo planes as a member of the world-famous U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds—but at some point during his nearly 12 years in uniform, a bone growth on the ball joint of his hip tore his labrum and damaged much of the surrounding cartilage.

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