A wounded Missouri veteran is gearing up for a courtroom battle he says he shouldnât have to fight. Prosecutors have slapped Ken Unger with a felony charge of growing medical marijuana in his home. Unger says it's strictly for medicinal use to ease chronic pain cause by an accident he had in 1983 while on a tour of duty. "Yes I was growing marijuana, and I was growing it for my own personal consumption," he said. Unger was prescribed morphine to control his pain, which he says he's tired of. "I feel like Iâm totally trapped," Unger said. "Iâm not allowed to do anything for pain relief other than be a morphine addict, and I donât want to be a morphine addict."
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