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Women Veterans, PTSD and Invisible Scars: Brutish Betrayal Again

The elephant in the room, military sexual trauma.

(PORTLAND, OR) - As a VA Hospital customer for PTSD, along with other aches, pains and fractured limbs, I have a dim view of their purported excellence of treatment.

Some of it is barely OK, but some of it wouldn't be allowed by the SPCA.

Looking for God Within the Kingdom of Religious Confusion

[Creative nonfiction] Scriptural realities illuminate this mythical journey to discover the truth about God.

(POICVIANA, Fla.) - Jacob fell to his knees weeping as he watched his nine-year-old daughter, Jessica, lowered into the abyss of death, a site eloquently referred to earlier in the sermon as her "peaceful resting place, to await the second coming of the Lord."

To Jacob it was the cold, dark hole where Jessica's body would remain alone forever.

PTSD/TBI: Invisible Wounds and the Trillion Dollar Medical Blunder

PTSD has been known for centuries.

(PORTLAND, OR) - CBS Sixty Minutes on May 5 2013, offered absolutely the best portrayal of the devastation caused by PTSD and TBI.

I don't know if anyone can really separate these two entities because they both scramble the brain.

Marijuana Prevents Suicides

In 2010, 38 thousand people committed suicide. About seven thousand were veterans.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Oregonian and and The New York Times both had headlines, May 3, 2013, 'Suicides Surge in United States and Oregon'.

I believe military PTSD victims have the highest rate but there are far more civilians in that same age group.

PTSD is Really Bad
Thousands of New Victims in Boston and Texas
Marijuana is Really Good Therapy

Military combat veterans are not the only victims...

(PORTLAND, OR) - Despite what the naysayers at the VA Hospital system say, the recent events in B boston and Texas should allay any doubt of the reality of this horrific affliction of the mind, brain and soul.

The Boston citizens were significantly traumatized by a few seconds of overwhelming terror. Everything after that can be classified hopefully, as recovery.

`The Demons of War are Persistent` - A Personal Story of Prolonged PTSD

Understand that it is never too late in your life to begin looking forward and achieving new objectives.

(POICVIANA, Fla.) - Forty years have passed since my deployment as a combat Marine to Vietnam. However, only several years since I acknowledged my inability to continue suppressing the demons alone.

Like many veterans, the “Demons” have haunted me through nightmares, altered personas, and hidden fears.

PTSD: Oregon and the Cruelest, Most Dangerous Woman in the State With Her Drug War Against Veterans

Oregon Senator Betsy Close....

(PORTLAND, OR) - Sometimes I just can's believe what I am reading. The Oregon Legislature recently had hearings about including Combat PTSD for medical marijuana permits.

Senator Betsy Close was quoted as saying, "(I) am against expanding the medical marijuana program," and, "Marijuana does damage the body and especially the brain," and, "All drugs have side effects. This drug has documented brain damage and sex damage."

SB 281: Oregon Senator Betsy Close - Prohibitionist Against Helping Soldiers with PTSD

A lack of factual information takes one Senator pretty far down the wrong road.

(SALEM) - Two combat veterans told state senators on Wednesday how marijuana has helped them cope with post-traumatic stress disorder and at times helped calmed one soldier's violent urges.

State Senator Betsy Close testified that she is against expanding the medical marijuana program.

BONSHEÁ Making Light of the Dark

A startling memoir of one woman escaping an abusive marriage and oppressive religious cults and trying to find "justice" in a failed system. Anyone concerned with issues of abuse and injustice in America should read this book.

(SALEM) - Just when you thought you knew what was going on in your community, here comes a story that just may shatter the security of your American Dream.

This is a story about abuse, survival, false religion and dubious court systems...

PTSD/Depression and Anguish: Marijuana Vs. Many Fake Dangerous Drugs

Marijuana wins hands down!

(PORTLAND, OR) - The VA medical system would like you to think that PTSD is depression, it isn't! It is a combination of extreme fear and extreme anguish.

Vietnam Vets learned marijuana was good and effective for "battle terrors," and therefore, why not PTSD? According to them, it was better than a whole list of very dangerous, zombifying and lethal drugs.