MOLALLA, Ore. -- West Coast Leaf - winter edition, just published the results of a two-year clinical trial about cannabis for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) comparing about 40 victims receiving cannabis with about 40 who did not. This work was done at Bat-Yam in Israel and reported at the Cannabinoid Conference 2011 in Bonn, Germany.

(see: Marijuana could alleviate symptoms of PTSD Karin Kloosterman - Israel21c.org)

This follows by at least 40 years- combat testing beginning in Vietnam of cannabis for "combat terrors" and PTSD with great success and the basis for wide use by combat veterans and even civilians in the U.S., Australia, Canada and Great Britain. The Israeli Army has been using cannabis successfully for its soldiers for since it was officially announced by the IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) but this seems to be the first clinically controlled study.

Full Article: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/december122011/ptsd-israel-pl.php