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How America Really Treats Combat Vets: A Marine`s Story Part 3 (VIDEO)

A Marine Corps Iraq combat vet is placed in a jail "Unfit for insurgent prisoners" for growing marijuana plants that help him deal with PTSD.

(SALEM, Ore.) - This is part 3 in a special series on Marine Corps Sergeant Phil Northcutt, whose life went from Marine combat hero in Iraq, to homeless felon in California, all because he used the only thing that helped him deal with Post traumatic Stress Disorder: legal medical marijuana.

Southern California law authorities seem to have it in for the Marines, and there are a great many of us who have suffered the wrath for our association with the eagle, globe and anchor in both LA and Orange Counties, and it makes little sense, but is still the case.

EXCLUSIVE: Pendleton 8 Exposed, Part 2

Were the Marines charged with unlawful killings at Hamdania, Iraq coerced and forced into giving self-damning testimony?

(CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.) - Two years have now passed since we heard about Marines coming home from the battlefield in shackles. This is the story of the so-called Pendleton 8, put together by a military researcher/reporter backed by a large team of support from other veterans.

The group believes that this is not how we should treat our heroes. The Marines are highly decorated, highly trained, and even more experienced. The group charges that it is preposterous, to charge Marines with murder for shooting the enemy.

How America Really Treats Combat Vets: A Marine`s Story Part 2 (SLIDESHOW)

A Marine combat vet who served in Iraq uses medical marijuana to deal with war-related PTSD, and is tossed into the grinder by the California court system.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In part one of this special three-part series report, we learned that Marine Corps Sergeant Phillip Northcutt of Long Beach, California, began his enlistment in the Marines in 1998 as the platoon "Honorman".

When Northcutt returned home from Iraq, his one-year non-extendable tour was extended over his battlefield injuries. The combat vet had PTSD and could barely walk. He began growing using medical marijuana to deal with combat-related PTSD, but fell victim to a bogus set of laws that punish combat vets for seeking relief. Part 2 explains more of the story.

Pendleton 8 Exposed - The Real Story, Part 1

Unfair trials? Coerced confessions? The Marines hung out to dry over the incident at Hamandia could be innocent.

(CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.) - Two years ago the nation was shocked to hear of Marines coming home from the battlefield in shackles.

This is not how we treat our heroes, not when they are highly decorated, highly trained, and even more experienced. It was preposterous, we said, to charge Marines with murder for shooting the enemy. Now at last the real story is available. Over the next few weeks, I will tell you the real story of what happened that day in Hamdania.

Advocates Call Iraq Marine`s Court Martial and Conviction Into Question

Former Marines investigating the case say there is far more than meets the eye; the court martial is currently under appeal and review.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A Marine convicted for murder in Haditha, Iraq is receiving increasing public support by those who believe he is not guilty.

Marine Combat Vet Discusses Iraq, PTSD and Medical Marijuana

The courage of an Iraq War veteran continues in his honesty about PTSD.

(SALEM, Ore.) - This was sent as a response to Salem-New.com's continuing coverage of medical marijuana and its relationship to PTSD with Dr. Phillip Leveque, a WWII combat veteran.

It is a gut wrenching narrative about the worst side of an ugly war and how the only that silences the nightmares and torment is an illegal herb.