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EPISODE · Aug 26, 2023 · 38 MIN

Vets lead the charge for cannabis legislation, USMC combat vet’s memoir about the mission to save his AFG interpreter

from Eye on Veterans · host CBS News

Veterans are creating a groundswell of support for federal marijuana legislation.  Marine Special Operations (MARSOC) combat veteran Bryan Buckley is the co-founder of the Helmand Valley Growers Company, a retail cannabis company in California, talks about his own experience treating war wounds with medical marijuana, his foundation’s clinical research trials, and his meetings with politicians during a trip to Capitol Hill.We also talk with Marine Corps Major (Ret.) Tom Schueman about his new book, “Always Faithful: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter”. It’s the story of his interpreter, Zak, and his harrowing escape from Afghanistan in the final hours before the US military evacuated.Check out Helmand Valley Growers Company here:https://hvgcompany.com/Find Major Tom Schueman’s book “Always Faithful: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter” here:https://www.amazon.com/Always-Faithful-Afghanistan-Unshakable-Interpreter/dp/0063260611To reach CBS Eye on Veterans Host, Phil Briggs: [email protected] on Twitter:@philbriggsVet  @eyeonveterans

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