Drew the Pot Head Veteran
From Protests to Progress: A Stoner’s Take on Disability Rights History
Hey there, It’s Drew the Pothead Veteran, Here with a fun episode where we weave threads of knowledge with a high-spirited blend of...
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HI… MY NAME IS DREW
I’m the Pot Head Veteran
My story with cannabis begins with serving in the Air Force, and the Utah Army National Guard for a decade. As with many veterans, our bodies, minds and spirits go through the grinder –– I’m a cancer survivor, I suffer from PTSD, as well as chronic pain, and joint damage which sometimes leaves me debilitated and unable to live life the way I want to.
I recently got my Medical Cannabis card here in Utah, and I was told by a few friends that I should blog about my experiences. So that brings us all to The Pot Head Veteran Blog. I hope you enjoy my journey, my sarcasm and sometimes dark humor, that’s all part of who I am now, trauma, smiles, scars and all!
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Drew the Pot Head Veteran
Day 87: The Dire Need for Disability Accommodations at the VA
As a disabled veteran, I'm now marking day 87 of a journey I never expected to embark upon. This journey, full of bureaucratic red tape...
Drew the Pot Head Veteran
Accessibility and Advocacy: A Veteran's Battle for Reasonable Accommodation
In the land of the free, where we proudly celebrate and honor the service of our veterans, an unseen struggle persists. This battle...
Drew the Pot Head Veteran
Navigating Obstacles: The Imperative of Disability Accommodations in Veterans’ Healthcare
The path to accessibility within the Veterans Administration (VA) system for disabled veterans is fraught with unnecessary hurdles. These...
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Being a Patient Advocate, A Mover and a Shaker - Christine Stenquist
If you follow me, you probably already know my story. I became a medical cannabis patient as I was medically retired from military...
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Availability of Product, Legislating From a Place of Fear, and Dreams of a Better Tomorrow.
One of the most frustrating things about Utah’s Medical Cannabis program is product consistency and availability. This is a big problem...
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The Cannabis Panacea, "The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" and Finding Relief In a Salt Cave.
I knew when I started this blog and podcast, that there would be some days, and maybe even weeks where I wouldn’t be able to write, and...
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Utah CANN, My Late Service Dog Molly, Agoraphobia & Cannabis to the Rescue.
Over the weekend I had the opportunity to sit on a patients panel at the Utah CANN Cannabis convention, which in itself was a HUGE step...
Drew the Pot Head Veteran
Fear, Settled Law and being a Star Trek Liberal
This last week has had such a heavy feeling to it, it probably has a lot to do with the reaction to the leaked Supreme Court decision,...
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Chronic Pain, Depression, Medical Cannabis v. Recreational Cannabis
Living with multiple chronic conditions really does drain you of life. The Post Traumatic Stress, the Chronic Pain, the Depression from...
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Mental Health, Marijuana Mindfulness Meditation, and that bitch inside your head.
I was well into my late twenties before I learned that 50% of people on this pale blue dot do not have an “inner voice” going on in their...
Drew the Pot Head Veteran
Controlled by my Disability, Going to the State Convention...
...and being Accosted by a mouth breathing Cop over a simple ADA accommodation request. Today was the Utah Democratic State Convention,...
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My First Time, and THE Best Way to Vaporize Cannabis -
The story of my first time at a Veterans Retreat, and why I like to use a table top vaporizer.
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Just another day as a chronic pain patient… then the weed guy came!
Today I woke up feeling pretty blah… like always, it’s my hip, my back and my neck all hurtin like hell –– and like most days living with...
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I finally got my Medical Cannabis Card from Utah 😬
I did the deed, there’s no going back now, I bit the bullet and got my permission slip to get Medical Cannabis from the State of Utah. It...
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