Veteran Jason Frost shares medical marijuana experience to help save lives

Daina Oliver
Updated November 27 2019 - 11:18am, first published 10:00am
Former soldier Jason Frost says the reluctance of doctors to prescribe medical marijuana to veterans struggling with with crippling physical and mental ailments is costing lives. Picture: Emma Hillier
Former soldier Jason Frost says the reluctance of doctors to prescribe medical marijuana to veterans struggling with with crippling physical and mental ailments is costing lives. Picture: Emma Hillier

A VETERAN with first-hand experience using medicinal cannabis says the apparent lack of support for a legal drug is contributing to veteran suicides.

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Daina Oliver

Daina Oliver

Digital journalist

Daina Oliver is digital journalist based in Launceston. She was previously a local government reporter at The Daily Advertiser and The Wimmera Mail-Times after joining ACM in 2017. She is originally from Whyalla, South Australia, and graduated from the University of Adelaide in 2016 with a Bachelor of Media with a specialisation in journalism. Got stories? Get in touch. daina.oliver@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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