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12/19/2017 / By David Williams

Safer relief for veterans? New York approves use of medical cannabis for PTSD

Last month, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York commemorated Veteran’s Day by signing into law a complete legislative package that’s designed to honor and further support veterans who are residing in the Empire State. The package is a set of five legislative bills aimed at improving healthcare and services, as well as memorializing veterans throughout […]

12/06/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

VA hospitals now hiring FELONS as doctors

When you go to the doctor’s, you’re taking a gamble. Perhaps you’ll be lucky enough to end up seeing someone with a gentle bedside manner who offers you unbiased advice that is legitimately helpful. It’s more likely, however, that you’ll be going to one of the many doctors who tries to see as many patients […]

11/20/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Wars keep on killing: Gulf War illness causes DNA damage in vets, according to new research

Gulf War Illness (GWI), or Gulf War Syndrome, is the name given to a cluster of chronic symptoms affecting Gulf War veterans and civilian workers. The cause behind these symptoms — which range from fatigue to joint pains to memory problems — has been studied and debated on for the longest time. Yet scientists from […]

11/18/2017 / By JD Heyes

Treating veterans’ pain with Big Pharma opioids is proving to be deadly and has to stop NOW

Long careers in the military have always been difficult due to the very physical nature of the vocation, but service has been particularly tough in recent years due to overseas contingency operations. Lengthy wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with operations in Africa, Europe, and Asia, have taken their toll on the men and women […]

11/09/2017 / By Mike Adams

The Republican establishment is a total disgrace for blocking cannabis medicine for wounded veterans – Health Ranger

The Republican establishment recently blocked veterans’ access to medical marijuana, making sure our veterans remain addicted to dangerous, deadly opioids. The Veterans Equal Access amendment was blocked by the Republican-led U.S. House, ensuring that Big Pharma continues to cash in on the biological destruction of returning veterans. The very political party that claims to be […]

10/18/2017 / By Jayson Veley

PROFIT at any cost: Big Pharma’s bribery and kickback schemes led to deaths of U.S. soldiers

The families of U.S. troops who have been killed or injured while fighting overseas in Iraq have filed a lawsuit against multiple U.S. and European pharmaceutical and medical supply companies after accusing the corporations of knowingly financing the Mahdi Army, an anti-American militia, through a series of bribes and kickbacks. The lawsuit, which was filed […]

09/10/2017 / By Tracey Watson

American Legion endorses medical marijuana for veterans

While anecdotal evidence has been heaping up for some time proving that marijuana has real potential in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), it has remained a schedule 1 substance on the federal government’s Controlled Substances list, along with heroin, meth and ecstasy. Military veterans, in particular, have been increasingly vocal in their […]

07/18/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Farm work scientifically shown to improve the mental health of veterans… no drugs needed

Veterans often struggle to adapt to life at home after returning from combat, and many doctors are all too quick to throw prescriptions at them to help them cope. However, many veterans are finding that looking outside of medicine can provide safer and more effective coping methods that can last a lifetime. A recent study […]

12/21/2016 / By D. Samuelson

VA bureaucrats left dead veteran’s body in shower for 9 hours before stepping in

The name of the veteran whose lifeless body was left in a shower room for nine hours after he died hasn’t been released, but the incident is now under investigation by the House Veterans Affairs Committee, as reported by the Tampa Bay Times. This death didn’t happen this week, or even last month. It took place on February 1, 2016. As […]

04/19/2016 / By Greg White

Veterans launch lawsuit against Colorado to access medical marijuana to treat PTSD

Medicinal cannabis is used to treat a myriad of health problems. Unfortunately, in Colorado, marijuana is not allowed to be used to treat post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, which is fueling a group of veterans to file a lawsuit against the state. Although research has yielded conflicting results, some former members of the military […]

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