{"id":14807,"date":"2019-12-20T06:37:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T11:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14807"},"modified":"2019-12-20T06:37:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T11:37:51","slug":"a-veteran-started-vaping-thc-to-cope-with-chronic-pain-then-he-got-very-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=14807","title":{"rendered":"A Veteran Started Vaping THC To Cope With Chronic Pain. Then He Got Very Sick"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Marlene Harris-Taylor, Ideastream for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

As vaping has grown more popular in recent years, the trend has been fueled by the habit\u2019s pleasurable allure: Compared with smoking cigarettes or pot, vaping is discreet and less smelly. Vaping fluids come in hundreds of flavors. There\u2019s no tar or other byproducts of burning. And vape pens are high-tech, customizable and sleek.<\/p>\n

But none of that mattered to Paul Lubell when he decided to try vaping. He wasn\u2019t thinking about pleasure; he was trying to avoid pain. The retired Navy veteran turned to vaping marijuana, hoping it would help him cope with his chronic, debilitating musculoskeletal pain.\u00a0 Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

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