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Banning commercial marijuana in Pueblo County would have a debilitating effect on veterans who rely on cannabis to combat the effects of traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments. This was the message stressed during a joint press conference hosted Tuesday by...

Banning commercial marijuana in Pueblo County would have a debilitating effect on veterans who rely on cannabis to combat the effects of traumatic brain injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder and other ailments. This was the message stressed during a joint press conference hosted Tuesday by...

Ottawa - When he opened a medical marijuana shop in Kingston earlier this year, Trevor Hands had little idea who his customers would be, how much they would buy or how his business would grow simply through word of mouth. He does now. Business is booming for Hands, thanks in large part to...

Ottawa - When he opened a medical marijuana shop in Kingston earlier this year, Trevor Hands had little idea who his customers would be, how much they would buy or how his business would grow simply through word of mouth. He does now. Business is booming for Hands, thanks in large part to...

The American Legion is calling for the federal government to reclassify marijuana to acknowledge its potential benefits as a medical treatment. As Jacob Sullum previously noted, The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is stubbornly refusing to change the federal classification of marijuana as a...

The American Legion is calling for the federal government to reclassify marijuana to acknowledge its potential benefits as a medical treatment. As Jacob Sullum previously noted, The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is stubbornly refusing to change the federal classification of marijuana as a...

Imagine waking up in a cold sweat, ears still ringing from an all-too-familiar nightmare. It's been years - or perhaps decades - since you've seen combat, yet the unsettling memories continue to haunt your dreams nearly every single night. This is what life is like for countless American...

Imagine waking up in a cold sweat, ears still ringing from an all-too-familiar nightmare. It's been years - or perhaps decades - since you've seen combat, yet the unsettling memories continue to haunt your dreams nearly every single night. This is what life is like for countless American...

Santa Cruz, Calif. - A Santa Cruz nonprofit group that provides free medical marijuana to veterans says plants beat pills. Every first and third Monday of the month, hundreds of U.S. veterans line up at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building to pick up a brown bag full of free cannabis. "We...

Santa Cruz, Calif. - A Santa Cruz nonprofit group that provides free medical marijuana to veterans says plants beat pills. Every first and third Monday of the month, hundreds of U.S. veterans line up at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building to pick up a brown bag full of free cannabis. "We...

A veteran of the Iraq war who lives in Novato, and the self-styled godmother of medical marijuana dispensaries in California, have teamed up to create the Veterans Cannabis Group. The new organization is a medical marijuana delivery service that also will function as a support group and...

A veteran of the Iraq war who lives in Novato, and the self-styled godmother of medical marijuana dispensaries in California, have teamed up to create the Veterans Cannabis Group. The new organization is a medical marijuana delivery service that also will function as a support group and...

Jeff Staker is a former Marine who served in Desert Storm and Desert Shield. He's taught leadership classes to non-commissioned officers at a military academy and worked as a law enforcement officer at Grissom Air Reserve Base, where he currently serves as a firefighter. With that kind of...

Jeff Staker is a former Marine who served in Desert Storm and Desert Shield. He's taught leadership classes to non-commissioned officers at a military academy and worked as a law enforcement officer at Grissom Air Reserve Base, where he currently serves as a firefighter. With that kind of...

Live Oak - By 6 p.m. Monday, more than 100 U.S. veterans had lined up in the back parking lot of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7263. The group consisted of men and women from all branches and eras of the military. They chatted amiably or rested in folding camping chairs, waiting for an...

Live Oak - By 6 p.m. Monday, more than 100 U.S. veterans had lined up in the back parking lot of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7263. The group consisted of men and women from all branches and eras of the military. They chatted amiably or rested in folding camping chairs, waiting for an...

DEA hoses our veterans once again with the refusal to recognize the medicinal qualities in marijuana. The only way the Veterans Administration was ever going to acknowledge marijuana as a medicine for PTSD, anxiety, and social phobias was for the DEA AND CONGRESS to get off their butts and do...

Jeff Staker is a former Marine who served in Desert Storm and Desert Shield. He's taught leadership classes to non-commissioned officers at a military academy and worked as a law enforcement officer at Grissom Air Reserve Base, where he currently serves as a firefighter. With that kind of...

Jeff Staker is a former Marine who served in Desert Storm and Desert Shield. He's taught leadership classes to non-commissioned officers at a military academy and worked as a law enforcement officer at Grissom Air Reserve Base, where he currently serves as a firefighter. With that kind of...

Commercial medical marijuana growers are launching a parliamentary E-Petition calling on the federal government to cover marijuana extracts for Canadian veterans. Philippe Lucas with Canadian Medical Cannabis Council says Veterans Affairs covers the cost of cannabis when purchased through a...