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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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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!

HI… MY NAME IS DREW

The Pothead Veteran Blog