Veterans, have a happy day! Thank you for risking your life to keep us all safe and free. Hopefully, we will never forget.
I can not forget the veteran in a wheel chair who whispered to me how very important marijuana was to her/him. (S)he said that marijuana made it possible to enjoy things, even when his/her pain level was overwhelming.
Then the veteran told me that (s)he was still buying marijuana on the black market, even though (s)he could have gone to a medical marijuana clinic here in California. (S)he was afraid that the draconian federal marijuana laws would prevent her/him from getting veterans benefits if (s)he was discovered to be using a drug which the federal government does not even allow doctors to prescribe.
As an attorney, I had to confirm that her/his fears about losing his/her veteran's benefits was a rational response to the current federal laws regarding use of drugs. This is because federal law treats marijuana as the worst of the worst of drugs. Use of marijuana can cause you to lose almost any federal benefit.
Our stupid federal marijuana laws are keeping our veterans in needless pain.
Congress needs to pass HR 2306. Let the states decide how to regulate and tax marijuana.
MAY ALL VETERANS HAVE A HAPPY DAY!
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