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Title: Disabled Vet Faces Life In Prison for Treating PTSD with Pot
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Prison Planet
URL Source: http://www.prisonplanet.com/disable ... or-treating-ptsd-with-pot.html
Published: Jul 1, 2015
Author: Adan Salazar
Post Date: 2015-07-01 19:49:14 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 9727
Comments: 73
A marine corps veteran faces life in prison for cultivating marijuana plants while he lived in Oklahoma, plants which he relied on to treat severe post-traumatic stress disorder. Last year, police raided the home of 33-year-old Kristoffer Lewandowski, a military father of three who was honorably discharged for medical reasons after serving multiple tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. Kristoffer’s wife Whitney reveals her husband, fearing liver damage from consuming a massive amount of pharmaceutical drugs, was successfully transitioning to marijuana as a preferred treatment. “He was just using it… He couldn’t get any, and, of course, we’re a military family, we’re very poor, we couldn’t afford to buy it anyway,” Kristoffer’s wife, Whitney told TruthInMedia.com. “So he was just growing it for himself. He was on his way out of the military and just wanted to see if it would help with [his mental health issues].” “He was taking 13 pills a day, and it was just killing his liver,” she said. “He was having all these issues with his body and he just wanted to try something more natural to just see if he could do without that many pills a day,” Whitney said, adding the treatments were “absolutely effective.” Police were summoned to Lewandowski’s Geronimo residence in June 2014 after neighbors reported him suffering a PTSD episode. Amid the emotional breakdown, Whitney brought their three children to the neighbor’s house in attempts to “diffuse the situation.” Rather than provide the former soldier immediate medical attention, police proceeded to conduct a search of Lewandowski’s home for drugs, locating six marijuana plants. “The kind of help he got was being tossed in jail,” Whitney expressed. Police charged Kristoffer with felony marijuana cultivation, possession of drug paraphernalia and domestic violence, a charge which Whitney admits to have filed against her husband at the behest of officers. The former felony charge carries a posssible fine of $25,000 and anywhere from 20 years to life in prison, according to Oklahoma statutes. Whitney says police at the time twisted her arm into pressing charges against her husband, threatening her with felony charges, as well as confiscation of their children by Child Protective Services. “They’re trying to use me as a victim and to make it look worse on his case,” Whitney insists. “My husband has absolutely never laid his hands on me ever. He is not an abusive man, ever… quite the opposite. He is extremely doting.” Later that year in October, after posting a $20,000 bail, Lewandowski decided it was time to move his family back to California, where he legally obtained a medical marijuana prescription. Last month on June 16, undercover police nabbed Kristoffer as he picked his children up from pre-school in a dramatic, guns-drawn arrest after he failed to appear at a court hearing. “To be picked up like that, we’re all blown away,” Whitney described. “Especially in a pre-school parking lot where all my kids’ friends are, their parents are. Everyone’s witnessing this, and it was horrifying.” TruthInMedia.com reports, “Kristoffer Lewandowski currently remains in police custody in California awaiting extradition to Oklahoma where he will face his charges.” A Change.org petition signed by over 12 thousand people asks for Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin to pardon Kristoffer. Whitney has also set up a GoFundMe page to raise donations for legal fees, as well as a Facebook page to raise awareness. 
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
That's one way to put it. Another way would be that jumped bail, fled to California, and failed to appear in Oklahoma court.
That is WAAAAY too much time for a guy growing 6 plants in his house. 6 plants is also too many plants for personal use. Chances are he was going sell the excess to friends for a little extra money. That damn sure doesn't make him a major dealer or "drug kingpin" that deserves 20 to life in prison,though.
Well, if for personal use with his "PTSD", how long would 6 plants last him?
#14. To: Stoner (#12)
Well, if for personal use with his "PTSD", how long would 6 plants last him? Beats me. Too many variables,including the potency of the pot,how big the plant grows before he harvests it,how often he smokes it each day,and even his personal tolerance. Just take my word for it that 6 plants is too much if they are over a few inches high. I could see him growing multiple plants in case some didn't come up or died before maturity,but 6 mature plants is a BUNCH of weed for one person to smoke.
BTW,in MY opinion,PTSD is one of the biggest scams to ever come down the road. VA shrinks will diagnose a mop bucket as having PTSD because if they don't have patients they don't have jobs,and the more patients they have the larger the little empire they can carve out in the VA system. I a friends with one guy that the VA gave PTSD benefits to (30 percent in his case,IIRC) because he had a nervous breakdown while serving in Germany because a lot of the other telephone repairmen in his unit were getting transferred to VN,and he was afraid of going to VN. He told me this himself,and it happened in 1969. Think about that for a minute. Post Dramatic Stress Syndrome for IMAGINING he MIGHT get transferred to VN,and the closest he ever got to VN was Germany. That right there should tell you a lot about PTSD awards. Hell,the VA even gave ME 30 percent for PTSD and I insisted then and still insist today that I don't and never did suffer from it. Frankly,I don't personally know anybody that did. Not that it really mattered. I was already rated at 100 percent service-connected anyhow,and that's as high as it gets so it didn't cost the government any more other than what they had to pay the shrink to sit on his pen and rotate. Which is why I got that rating even though I told everybody I ever talked to at the VA that I didn't have PTSD and in fact have never been treated for it or given any prescriptions. The shrink just needed to pump up his patient numbers,and I haven't seen him since the initial visit in the 1980's.
Now they're saying nine plants. So, one pound per plant. 16 ounces per pound, 28 grams per ounce, one gram per joint (generous) = 2700 joints (6 plants). At a stingy .5 grams per joint, 5400 joints. With nine plants, 8100 joints or about 22 joints per day, every day. To treat a condition for which it is not approved. "Thus, there is no evidence at this time that marijuana is an effective treatment for PTSD. In fact, research suggests that marijuana can be harmful to individuals with PTSD."
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"Later that year in October, after posting a $20,000 bail, Lewandowski decided it was time to move his family back to California"
#3. To: misterwhite (#1)
The former felony charge carries a posssible fine of $25,000 and anywhere from 20 years to life in prison, according to Oklahoma statutes.
#12. To: sneakypete (#3)
" 6 plants is also too many plants for personal use. "
Replies to Comment # 12. 6 plants is also too many plants for personal use. "
#15. To: Stoner (#12)
Well, if for personal use with his "PTSD", how long would 6 plants last him?
#30. To: Stoner (#12)
"Well, if for personal use with his "PTSD", how long would 6 plants last him?"
-- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/co- occurring/marijuana_use_ptsd_veterans.asp
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