Ukraine should give its soldiers weed instead of opioids so it can avoid a US-style drugs crisis, doctor says

• Ukraine legalized cannabis last December to treat PTSD and cancer among war survivors.
• A doctor said Ukrainian soldiers should be prescribed cannabis instead of opioids.
• Ukraine is staring down an epidemic like in the US, Viktoriya Yevseyeva told The Times of London.

Cannabis should be prescribed to the Ukrainian military instead of opioids because Ukraine is on the verge of an epidemic similar to that of the US, a Ukrainian doctor said.