Pubdate: Mon, 29 Sep 2014
Source: Boston Globe (MA)
Copyright: 2014 Associated Press
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1,000 VETERANS LINE UP FOR FREE MARIJUANA

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) - A marijuana giveaway for veterans attracted 
about 1,000 people to a Colorado hotel.

The Operation Grow 4 Vets giveaway in Colorado Springs aimed to bring 
cannabis-based treatments to veterans with service-related conditions 
as an alternative to pain medications.

The veterans were given a bag of items that included cannabis oil, an 
edible-marijuana chocolate bar, and seeds to grow plants.

Marijuana activists have tried unsuccessfully to have post-traumatic 
stress disorder added to the Colorado list of medical conditions that 
qualify for joining the medical marijuana registry. Now that pot is 
legal for all adults over 21, organizers are free to give away marijuana.

Not all who received the bags were veterans. A $20-dollar donation 
from nonveterans was encouraged.

A similar event was held last weekend in Denver, when hundreds of 
military veterans received free marijuana. The event aimed to offer 
veterans an alternative to prescription drugs to help with anxiety, 
pain, and other problems.

The organization, founded by veteran Roger Martin, also gave out 400 
bags of marijuana-infused products at the Denver giveaway.
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