Time did not heal all of the wounds inflicted on Lance Cpl. David Counts during the Korean War.

"I shouldn't be here, but I did make it back," said the former Marine Corps truck driver.

"The things I've seen in my life, it's not been good," said Counts, who copes with post-traumatic stress disorder by smoking medical marijuana. "It stays with me every day."

Veterans Affairs physicians prescribed 10 drugs, including those for anxiety and depression, for Counts. He recently started using medical marijuana after a VA nurse recommended it to him, even thought it's an illegal drug under federal law, he said.

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