#WeAreTheEvidence
#LivedExperienceIsData
#CoincidenceMyAss
#PublicHealthIsNotActivism

“…when veterans are dying by suicide, overdose, and despair—suppression becomes complicity.”

“These aren’t fair critiques—but they’re real ones. And they’re already circulating in policy circles, conservative think tanks, and federal agencies.”

“You’re not pulling this out of thin air”

(Like the VA — only we actually deliver.)

“This is not just about one study. It’s about decades of gatekeeping, controlled access, and performative allyship.”

“This report is just the beginning of what must be a national reckoning. Veterans, patients, and physicians have spoken the truth for generations. It’s time we stop pretending we don’t know it.”

“One patient, a veteran with AIDS, was quietly provided cannabis grown by the federal government and distributed through the Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital. He may be the only person (aside from Lynn Pierson) to ever officially receive federal marijuana through the VA system. “

“These stories are not conspiracy theories or stoner folklore. They are part of the official record—sworn affidavits, court decisions, meeting transcripts”

“Veterans were trotted out like mascots—photo ops for white coats and nonprofit execs who needed a “face” for their movement. But the second we stepped out of the narrative they wrote for us? The door slammed shut. “

“ The judge declared it was a matter of “medical necessity.” And what did the feds do? They started quietly shipping him marijuana cigarettes grown at the University of Mississippi.”

“The plan was simple: Take the sanitized, citation-soaked research portfolio MAPS submitted to the FDA, drag it out into the daylight, and expose it for what it was—an erasure campaign dressed as progress.”

“Years ago, I found myself elbow-deep in archival documents—forgotten files Alice O’Leary Randall entrusted to me, back when she was laying groundwork for Project 50. The kind of documents you don’t expect to find unless someone wants you to find them.”

At the heart of this movement was a simple challenge:
What can we do—tangibly, collectively—to support healing and reconnection in our communities?

Sometimes in life you need to take some deep introspective dives, and ask yourself some hard questions.

Wanna hear about that one time I found a Pearl Harbor Survivor lost at school? Check it out….

A Combat Blog

This is the story of the very first person to receive legal marijuana for therapeutic use for the treatment of AIDS from the United States Government: Army Veteran Steve Loup.

“I, John Smith (NAME WITHHELD)., being duly sworn, hereby make oath that, to wit:…”