'Pot Over Pills' Protesters Camp Out For Veterans Day

WASHINGTON — Protesters spent the night camped out in front of the U.S Department of Veteran Affairs to bring awareness to the 22 veterans who die by suicide a day — and the possibility that pot could help.

The protesters want the VA to recognize cannabis as a safe alternative to the pharmaceutical drugs that are regularly prescribed to veterans.

“A patient should have the right to choose the best health care to save his life,” Brandon Wyatt, an Army veteran who said he served in Iraq in 2003, told The Huffington…