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Soldiers Deserve Access To Medical Cannabis: Here's How You Can Help
Wednesday, December 2, 2020 - 10:34am | 1026Read More...This article was originally published on Cannabis & Tech Today, and appears here with permission. This Veterans Day, Cannabis & Tech Today honors those who served and continue to serve in our nation’s armed forces and the individuals and organizations that support them...
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How A Nonprofit Helps Veterans With Cannabis And Video Games
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - 2:58pm | 1381Read More...This article was originally published on Weedmaps, and appears here with permission. At Stack Up, a nonprofit serving U.S. veterans across the country and the world, playing games is part of the firm's mission. Founded in 2015 by Stephen “Shanghai Six” Machuga, a...
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Military Veteran Fired For Medical Marijuana Use
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - 2:54pm | 807Read More...This article was originally published on Cannabis & Tech Today, and appears here with permission. Cannabis was the clear winner in the highly competitive 2020 Election, as five states legalized both recreational and medical marijuana. Finally, it seems as if the country is starting to...
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America Should Allow Cannabis To Help Veterans Reintegrate Into Society
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 1:43pm | 1757Read More...This article was originally published on WeedWeek, and appears here with permission. There’s no doubt that our country puts tremendous resources, money and training into its military. It’s estimated that each soldier costs the government $340,000 to $2.1 million...
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Philter Labs Launches New Partnership To Provide Free Cannabis Filters To Veterans
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 3:51pm | 312Read More...Many veterans advocate for access to medical marijuana to help with PTSD, injuries and anxiety. One supporter is U.S. Navy veteran John Grimm who, this week, announced that his company, Philter Labs Inc., is partnering with the Veterans Cannabis Group. Philter...
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House Veterans Affairs Committee Passes Cannabis Legislation
Friday, March 13, 2020 - 2:48pm | 258Read More...The House Veterans Affairs Committee said Thursday that it passed two pieces of legislation concerning cannabis policy. The initial bill, HR 712, the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2019, would direct the Veterans Administration to start research on marijuana in regards to service-...
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Medical Marijuana For Military Veterans: Where We Stand
Monday, June 3, 2019 - 2:01pm | 1037Read More...By Calum Hughes. The relationship between marijuana use and PTSD is one of the most confounding topics in science. Every day, conflicting studies come out with opposite claims on marijuana’s safety and uses. It’s safe to say that marijuana as a treatment for veterans suffering from PTSD...
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Cannabis, Veterans, PTSD And Corporate America: A US Army Vet's First-Person Experience
Monday, April 15, 2019 - 10:12am | 1256Read More...By José Belén Cannabis, veterans, PTSD and corporate America: Quite the mix, eh? When I left the United States Army as a combat veteran (a.k.a. a grunt), working in corporate America seemed to be nothing but a fantasy. Society deemed me “unqualified” because, at age 23,...
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Financial Help For Business-Savvy Veterans
Friday, December 15, 2017 - 11:31am | 961Read More...When Stephen Aldridge got out of the U.S. Army, he went into business for himself and never looked back. Today, the veteran is president of Artizan Concrete Design in Newport News, Virginia, one of several companies he's built over the last 21 years. Aldridge financed his early ventures with...
