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Disabled Veteran Sentenced To Prison Time In Alabama For Legally-Obtained Cannabis

Posted on AllSides July 15th, 2020

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At a time when America is trying to right its wrongs when it comes to the treatment of people of color and the war on drugs over the past few centuries, a Black, disabled veteran is still being held in prison on minor cannabis charges.

Sean Worsley, an Iraq veteran who suffers from a traumatic brain injury and PTSD, uses medical cannabis for his pain and anxiety. He legally purchased the medicine in his home state of Arizona before his arrest.

Worsley and his wife, Eboni, were arrested in...

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