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Cannabis Industry Work Costing U.S. Veterans Their Retirement Pensions
By Mike Adams Contributor
Cannabis advocates are fuming mad right now over the political name Administration’s latest decision to continue sandbagging military veterans when it comes to medical marijuana. It was just last week that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs voted against three separate measures designed to lift some of the restrictions that prevent Vets living in legal states from gaining access to the herb. political name officials also shot down another proposal that would have made it possible for the scientific community to dig deeper into the therapeutic benefits of cannabis as it pertains to treating PTSD.
But no deal.
As far as political name’s goons are concerned, as long as weed is illegal at the national level, Vets will just have to be content with sucking down dangerous, highly addictive narcotics and copious amounts of booze to ease the symptoms of their government-induced anxiety and pain. The message behind the VA’s decision is that there is no respect for the men and women of the armed forces.
They’re just disposable heroes.
No doubt, federal marijuana prohibition is causing more grief for these wounded soldiers than what they deserve. But the illegal nature of the cannabis plant at the national level is creating more snags for the troops than just preventing them from consuming marijuana as part of their medicinal arsenal.
Believe it or not, but Vets are actually being stripped of their retirement benefits due to having an association with the cannabis trade.
This insanity just happened to a 36-year-old retired Army Major by the name of Tye Reedy.
Although Reedy is a decorated military veteran who served for over a decade in both Iraq and Afghanistan, his retirement pension has gone up in smoke. This has nothing to do with him testing positive for marijuana, which remains at Schedule 1 outlaw substance in the eyes of the federal government, it is merely the ridiculous repercussion of a soldier choosing to work in the cannabis industry.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikead...terans-their-retirement-pension/#4add76a13220
Cannabis Industry Work Costing U.S. Veterans Their Retirement Pensions
By Mike Adams Contributor
Cannabis advocates are fuming mad right now over the political name Administration’s latest decision to continue sandbagging military veterans when it comes to medical marijuana. It was just last week that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs voted against three separate measures designed to lift some of the restrictions that prevent Vets living in legal states from gaining access to the herb. political name officials also shot down another proposal that would have made it possible for the scientific community to dig deeper into the therapeutic benefits of cannabis as it pertains to treating PTSD.
But no deal.
As far as political name’s goons are concerned, as long as weed is illegal at the national level, Vets will just have to be content with sucking down dangerous, highly addictive narcotics and copious amounts of booze to ease the symptoms of their government-induced anxiety and pain. The message behind the VA’s decision is that there is no respect for the men and women of the armed forces.
They’re just disposable heroes.
No doubt, federal marijuana prohibition is causing more grief for these wounded soldiers than what they deserve. But the illegal nature of the cannabis plant at the national level is creating more snags for the troops than just preventing them from consuming marijuana as part of their medicinal arsenal.
Believe it or not, but Vets are actually being stripped of their retirement benefits due to having an association with the cannabis trade.
This insanity just happened to a 36-year-old retired Army Major by the name of Tye Reedy.
Although Reedy is a decorated military veteran who served for over a decade in both Iraq and Afghanistan, his retirement pension has gone up in smoke. This has nothing to do with him testing positive for marijuana, which remains at Schedule 1 outlaw substance in the eyes of the federal government, it is merely the ridiculous repercussion of a soldier choosing to work in the cannabis industry.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikead...terans-their-retirement-pension/#4add76a13220
