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PTSD survivor finds hope in medical cannabis 19 years later
19 Oct
Summary
- Luke Walter experienced PTSD for 19 years after a 2007 robbery.
- Medical cannabis was suggested in 2021 and tried in 2023.
- Walter credits medical cannabis with reducing his lifelong fear.
Luke Walter has been living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for 19 years, stemming from a harrowing armed robbery in October 2007. At just 19, he was held at gunpoint in a Worcester bookmakers by Stephen Jackley.
While Jackley received a 13-year prison sentence, Walter was left to cope with PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Established treatments and therapies were pursued over the years, with medical cannabis eventually being suggested in 2021 and tried in 2023.
Walter reports that medical cannabis has helped reduce the persistent fear he lived with for nearly two decades. A consultant psychiatrist notes its potential for PTSD symptoms like anxiety and nightmares, emphasizing it should not replace conventional treatments or be used without supervision.
Though Walter acknowledges that PTSD may never fully disappear, he is focused on managing his condition daily for his family.
