When he was deployed to Iraq in 2005, Army Sgt. E-5 Steven Acheson was assigned to the security detail of a high-ranking officer, driving a Humvee over IED-infested roads on more than 400 missions, as the violent insurgency tore the country apart. During his deployment, he suffered an accident that left him with a herniated […]
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The Science of Forgetting: Good Thing I Remembered my Cannabis!
Every day we are bombarded with new information, often too much at once. We try to process it all, but, we may beat ourselves up when we forget something like a friend’s birthday or a deadline at work. As we age forgetfulness seems more common. People worry that they will lose their memory with age. […]
Forum on the Hill About Medical Cannabis for Veterans: “To Our Commander in Chief – Are You Listening?”
I recently attended a powerful forum on Capitol Hill, “What Medical Cannabis Could Look Like for Our Veterans,” about veteran use of medical cannabis held at the Rayburn Congressional Representatives building on September 13. The forum included representatives from the Hoosier Veterans for Medical Cannabis, the Veterans Cannabis Group, Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access and […]
Cannabis is What America Needs
To my fellow Americans: We have a severe crisis in America today. We’re divided politically on many issues, we have a legal drug epidemic – the abuse of prescription opioids – that is spreading rampantly across the United States. We are losing our rights and privileges to affordable health care. And the gap between rich and poor is becoming larger […]
PTSD Added to New York’s Restrictive Medical Marijuana Program
New York State has one of the most restrictive medical marijuana programs in the country, but it may be starting to loosen up. A bi-partisan bill that would add post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a qualifying condition passed the Senate Health Committee and now waits on Senate approval. “I am grateful to the Senate Health […]
How much longer can we ignore treating our military vets?
By Kristi Kelly In a break-out session at the 2017 World Medical Cannabis Conference and Expo in Pittsburgh on April 21 and 22, a group of veterans from the Ohio-based Veterans Ending the Stigma (VETS) spoke to the room about overcoming the stigma of medical cannabis. Then, Dr. Sue Sisley provided an update to Post […]
Bill Would Allow Medical Marijuana Access to All Veterans in New Mexico
A Senate committee voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would make changes to New Mexico’s Medical Cannabis Program, but some lawmakers were troubled by a section that would allow veterans to enroll without being diagnosed with a qualifying medical condition. One state senator who voted in favor of the measure said he might […]
New Study Shows Marijuana May Benefit Mental Health
Legal access to marijuana, medicinal or otherwise, is growing. In 2016, four states approved recreational use of the drug and four states passed laws related to medical-cannabis access, bringing the total number of states that allow some form of legal marijuana use to 28. Scientists know that marijuana contains more than 100 compounds, called cannabinoids, that […]
Veterans Are Adamant About Rescheduling Marijuana
The American Legion, a group representing 2.4 million U.S. military veterans, has called on Congress to remove marijuana from Schedule 1 of the federal Controlled Substances Act and “reclassify it in a category that, at a minimum will recognize cannabis as a drug with potential medical value.” In a resolution passed at the Legion’s annual convention last week, the organization […]
