Fayetteville Tech panel on medical marijuana lends ear to veterans struggling with PTSD [Video]

The debate around whether marijuana use should be legalized is an ongoing discussion among Americans and medical experts.

A panel talk at Fayetteville Technical Community College centered around a case that started in California in 2005. A woman was legally growing marijuana, which was legal in the state but was against federal law. Her case ended up going to the Supreme Court.

The conversation over legalizing marijuana for medical use has raged across the country for years. There are service members who say the drug helps them deal with numerous combat-related illnesses, including PTSD.

Shelley Watson served in the Army for 28 years and is one of them.

“It really soothes your body,” Watson said. “There’s a lot of medications that I rule out and I don’t take just because I get more out of using THC.”

But marijuana is illegal in North Carolina, even for medical use. Despite that, there …