Salem-News.com Leveque articles

PTSD=Depression: A Mis-Diagnosis?
Perpetual Anguish: Probable Cause

When the soldier or Marine is first committed to battle, apprehension is paramount concurrent with blood freezing fear and anxiety. Any Combat Veteran who does not have these feeling has probably not really been there.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - PTSD has been kicked around since about 1970 for what previously had been called SHELL SHOCK which it isn’t, and BATTLE FATIGUE which it also isn’t.

As a former WWII Combat Infantryman, Scout, Pointman and Forward Observer I would like to present my opinion based on been there, done that, seen that and now taking care of PTSD Veteran Victims.

Fake Doctors and Now Fake Medical Care

If 6 + years is required to train physicians to acquire the knowledge and judgment to prescribe these dangerous and sometimes lethal drugs why does anybody, especially the Legislators, think it can be done in two years.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I was aghast to read in The Oregonian, May 5, 2009, that the Oregon Legislature was planning to allow psychologists to prescribe the most dangerous and lethal pharmaceuticals to “their” patients.

We have already seen what has happened in the VA hospitals where psychologists and even social workers are prescribing these extremely dangerous medicines.

Medical Marijuana: Malignant Misinformation & Federal Foolishness

Federal Employees Paid to be Liars... Am I preaching to the choir?

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Thousands of Salem-News.com readers have read my articles and hundreds have responded, some viciously. This article is to those who believed the BS of the movie REEFER MADNESS.

The misinformation by NIDA (National Institute of Drug Abuse) is so grossly false, so grotesque, that it is hilarious.

Marijuana: The Los Angeles Times and Boobs in Pot-Land

Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician Pharmacologist and Toxicologist. After surviving WWII, he went on to treat veterans for years who suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I was interviewed for The Los Angeles Times on Sept. 4, 2002 by Kim Murphy. The title was MEDICAL POT IS DOCTORS SPECIALTY.

It was a pretty good article announcing the success of the OREGON MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM while simultaneously exposing the ignorance and vehemence of the Oregon Medical Board who apparently knew absolutely nothing about the benefits of cannabis/marijuana as medicine which at onetime was the most prescribed, most used medicine in the U.S. and Europe. Maybe they all saw REEFER MADNESS.

HempStalk 2008 Gives Legalization Activists a Voice (VIDEO)

"Relax it, Tax it!" was the mantra heard throughout the 2-day festival.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Bringing Oregon's hemp movement to center stage, HempStalk 08 created an environment where rational discussion regarding Cannabis legalization was the norm.

Thousands converged on Portland's Eastbank Festival Plaza last weekend for the fourth annual HempStalk, learning about the benefits of hemp cultivation and to support legalization of Cannabis for all adults.

Paul Stanford of the The Hemp and Cannabis Foundation (THCF) is an organizer of the event. He introduced Dr. Phil Leveque as an integral force behind the success of medical marijuana in Oregon.

Leveque took the stage and addressed the enthusiastic crowd, "Good afternoon, you Potheads!", met with a resounding applause.

Oregon Medical Marijuana Doctor Q&A Segment 1 (VIDEO)

He's been a fighter since his days in the Army during World War Two, when he captured 26 Nazi officers. These days this veteran physician fights for the rights of patients who use marijuana as a medicine.

(SALEM) - The world is changing fast and medical marijuana is a daily reality for thousands of patients in Oregon, and hundreds of thousands of people nationwide who suffer from a variety of illnesses.

But who can pot smokers turn to for medical care? Needless to say, a vast majority of users are hesitant to discuss their use with physicians, and doctors are fearful when it comes to discussing a substance that potentially violates the law.

Because of the federal shadow cast on the situation, hundreds of thousands of legal users and millions of illegal users, go without adequate medical advice.