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07-06-2009, 06:21 AM
ZAGREB (dpa). Kroatische Kriegsveteranen dürfen jetzt ungestraft kiffen. Das geht aus einem Urteil des Obersten Gerichtshofes des Balkanstaates hervor. Das Gericht reagierte auf die Berufung eines Veteranen, der in seinem Hinterhof Cannabis für den eigenen Gebrauch gezüchtet und dafür ein Jahr Gefängnis bekommen hatte. Der Mann ist nun frei. Marihuana diene als wirksames Medikament gegen posttraumatische Belastungsstörungen, an denen viele ehemalige Soldaten aus dem Krieg gegen Jugoslawien (1991 bis 1995) leiden, heißt es in dem Urteil. Experten schätzen, dass 18 000 kroatische Veteranen Symptome von solch posttraumatischen Belastungsstörungen, darunter Depressionen, Persönlichkeitsstörungen und Selbstverletzungsneigungen aufweisen.
Croatia: High court allows the medical use of cannabis in post traumatic stress disorder of war veterans
Croatian war veterans are allowed to use cannabis in post traumatic stress disorder according to a decision by the high court of the Balkan country. The court was reacting to the appeal of a veteran, who has grown cannabis in his backyard for personal use and was conficted to a prison sentence of one year by a lower court. The man is now free.
He was using cannabis as efficient drug against post traumatic stress disorder, from which suffer many former soldiers in the war against Yugoslavia (1991 to 1995), the judgement says. Experts estimate that about 18,000 Croatian veterans suffer from such stress disorders, among them depression, personality changes and a tendency to self-mutilation. Nearly 1,700 veterans have committed suicide since the end of the war.
More at:
www.badische-zeitung.de/nachrichten/panorama/kriegsveteranen-in-kroatien-duerfen-kiffen--15785173.html
(Source: German Press Agency of 4 June 2009)
Croatia: High court allows the medical use of cannabis in post traumatic stress disorder of war veterans
Croatian war veterans are allowed to use cannabis in post traumatic stress disorder according to a decision by the high court of the Balkan country. The court was reacting to the appeal of a veteran, who has grown cannabis in his backyard for personal use and was conficted to a prison sentence of one year by a lower court. The man is now free.
He was using cannabis as efficient drug against post traumatic stress disorder, from which suffer many former soldiers in the war against Yugoslavia (1991 to 1995), the judgement says. Experts estimate that about 18,000 Croatian veterans suffer from such stress disorders, among them depression, personality changes and a tendency to self-mutilation. Nearly 1,700 veterans have committed suicide since the end of the war.
More at:
www.badische-zeitung.de/nachrichten/panorama/kriegsveteranen-in-kroatien-duerfen-kiffen--15785173.html
(Source: German Press Agency of 4 June 2009)