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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans to use medical marijuana. Currently, VA doctors are prohibited from recommending medical marijuana to their patients, even in states that have legalized pot. These veterans must go to...

It's not JUST about the money. I know, this is not something most folks expect to read in an investment newsletter. So let me explain... A few years ago, when I first started writing about the legal marijuana space, I was accused of compromising my ethics in an attempt to make a buck. But...

Soldiers in the Ottawa Valley now will have improved access to the care and medicine they need to deal with the trauma of combat. Marijuana For Trauma (MFT) has opened up a new chapter in Petawawa, its first in Eastern Ontario, to provide alternative medical solutions to members of Canada's...

Following last year's legislative session where hopes of legal medical marijuana went up in smoke, a group of Utah military veterans banded together in hopes of achieving a different outcome in 2016. Sandy resident Drew Reese, part of Utah Veterans for Medical Cannabis, said they'd grown...

Republican state Rep. Jeremy Faison represents East Tennessee's 11th District. He says he's never smoked marijuana, nor taken any kind of intoxicant. But that doesn't stop him from supporting what he believes to be the medical benefit of the plant, particularly in aiding post-traumatic stress...

Republican state Rep. Jeremy Faison represents East Tennessee's 11th District. He says he's never smoked marijuana, nor taken any kind of intoxicant. But that doesn't stop him from supporting what he believes to be the medical benefit of the plant, particularly in aiding post-traumatic stress...

He has served in one capacity or another in seven conflicts, killed and captured countless enemy fighters and was a founding member of Canada's top-secret counterterrorism unit, Joint Task Force 2. But Kevin Whitenect, 48, is coming out of the shadows for his newest mission: that of "brand...

For some time, medical marijuana has been a back-and-forth controversy among experts, veterans and the public. So the Senate's passage last month of legislation allowing Veterans Health Administration doctors to authorize medical marijuana use for patients signaled a victory for supporters...

For some time, medical marijuana has been a back-and-forth controversy among experts, veterans and the public. So the Senate's passage last month of legislation allowing Veterans Health Administration doctors to authorize medical marijuana use for patients signaled a victory for supporters...

Nashville - While most Tennessee Republican leaders have indicated opposition to any steps toward legalization of marijuana, state Rep. Jeremy Faison says he is hopeful they will make an exception for military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Faison, R-Cosby, said he is...

Nashville - While most Tennessee Republican leaders have indicated opposition to any steps toward legalization of marijuana, state Rep. Jeremy Faison says he is hopeful they will make an exception for military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Faison, R-Cosby, said he is...

A former member of Canada's elite counter-terrorism unit has emerged from the shadows to promote medical marijuana for ailing veterans. Kevin Whitenect hopes that his message promoting medical cannabis will bring hope to those former soldiers dealing with emotional or physical pain as well as...

A former member of Canada's elite counter-terrorism unit has emerged from the shadows to promote medical marijuana for ailing veterans. Kevin Whitenect hopes that his message promoting medical cannabis will bring hope to those former soldiers dealing with emotional or physical pain as well as...

An organization is hoping to convince President Barack Obama to change the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ stance on medical marijuana for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. “As a suicide survivor myself, it’s a subject that touches me,” said Sean Tiernan of Weed for Warriors...

An organization is hoping to convince President Barack Obama to change the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ stance on medical marijuana for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. “As a suicide survivor myself, it’s a subject that touches me,” said Sean Tiernan of Weed for Warriors...

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As more states move towards legalizing marijuana for adult use, people tend to forget that, for many people suffering from debilitating diseases, even basic access to medical cannabis remains a major challenge. Nowhere is this injustice more clear than in the case of military veterans...

As more states move towards legalizing marijuana for adult use, people tend to forget that, for many people suffering from debilitating diseases, even basic access to medical cannabis remains a major challenge. Nowhere is this injustice more clear than in the case of military veterans...

A Rockingham veteran took his fight for medical marijuana to the nation’s capital on Wednesday. Perry Parks joined Weed for Warriors in dumping a box of empty pill bottles in front of the White House on Veterans Day “demanding equal care, and not by zip code.” “The veterans are being filled...

A Rockingham veteran took his fight for medical marijuana to the nation’s capital on Wednesday. Perry Parks joined Weed for Warriors in dumping a box of empty pill bottles in front of the White House on Veterans Day “demanding equal care, and not by zip code.” “The veterans are being filled...