“This is not about turning South Carolina into something it is not. This is about compassion, medical freedom and common sense.”
By Dray Orion, U.S. Army veteran via South Carolina Daily Gazette
I came home from war with things I could explain and things I still cannot.
Some of it was physical. Some of it was mental. Some of it was the kind of weight that does not show up cleanly on a chart, in a scan or in a polite conversation. Any veteran reading this knows exactly what I mean. You can look fine from the outside and still be carrying a battlefield inside your chest.
That is why I believe South Carolina needs to have an honest conversation about medical cannabis, especially for veterans.
Not a political shouting match. Not a culture-war circus. An honest conversation.
Because right now, too many veterans are left with the same old choices. Take the pills. Tough it out. Drink it down. Stay quiet. Pretend you are fine. Smile at the cookout. Sit alone in the garage. Carry the nightmares. Carry the pain. Carry the shame.
And if you find something that helps, but the law has not caught up yet, you are
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