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Israel: Pot Shots for Israeli Troops?
Karen Birchard Medical Post, Canada
Tuesday 21 Sep 2004 Army to Test THC on Soldiers With Post-Traumatic Stress JERUSALEM - A joint program between the Israeli Army's medical corps and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem will start treating soldiers suffering from combat fatigue with a component of cannabis to see if the drug might help alleviate the symptoms of post-traumatic stress. The army issued a confirming press statement after an Israeli newspaper reported the mental health unit of the medical corps was about to test the THC from pot on soldiers returning from duty in the West Bank and Gaza Strip where the Israeli military has been conducting day-to-day operations against Palestinians for the past four years. "The use of THC as part of the treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder was approved by military and civilian committees relevant to the subject," the statement said. One of the scientists involved in the project is part of an endocannabinoid research team that discovered cannabis helped mice that had suffered physical stress. Recreational use of the drug among troops remains forbidden.
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