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By Billy Cox, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Nov 24, 2019

A class-action suit could remedy bad paper discharges for vets with PTSD

A class-action lawsuit claims the Navy is giving other-than-honorable discharges to Marines and sailors with Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress.

By Billy Cox, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Nov 19, 2019

Veterans Benefits

Florida lawmakers want to give veterans medical marijuana cards for free

With data continuing to roll in that underscores the health benefits of cannabis, two Florida legislators aren't waiting for clarity in the national policy debates and are sponsoring bills designed...

By Billy Cox, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Aug 9, 2019

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His father died in a WWII cargo ship explosion. Now a former CIA officer, he claims the Navy covered up the real cause

Packed with 600 tons of ammo and explosives, the USS Serpens died in a flash beneath a full moon at 11:18 p.m. on Jan. 29, 1945. Now a Central Intelligence...

By Billy Cox, Sarasota Herald-Tribune May 30, 2019

Veterans Benefits

A Florida congressman is pushing federal protections for vets who use marijuana

Staggered by the burgeoning numbers of veteran suicides, U.S. Rep. Greg Steube said on Wednesday he supports removing marijuana from its wrongly classified Schedule 1 status

By Billy Cox, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Oct 2, 2018

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Military School Dean Fired After Using Doctor-Prescribed Cannabis To Treat Cancer

A Vietnam veteran and career educator at an elite military training school now finds himself resorting to a Reagan-era executive … Continued

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