VA Would Have to Research Medical Marijuana Under Bill Advanced by Senate Panel The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee voted in a closed-door session to advance the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act.
More Than a Dozen Special Operations Soldiers at Center of Drug Trafficking Probe At least 13 soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, are under investigation...
Two Men Accused of Planning to Sell Opioids to Vets in Substance Abuse Treatment Arrested The case represents a disturbing nexus for two populations ravaged by the deadly opioid epidemic.
Coast Guard Bags $48 Million of Drugs in Gulf of Oman The USCGC Glen Harris captured more than 11,000 pounds of hashish and roughly 1,700 pounds of methamphetamines off the...
Biden's Marijuana Pardons Don't Apply to Service Members A marijuana possession charge carries a potential penalty of dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of pay and a two-year maximum...
Smoked Pot Recently? New Waiver Means You Might Still Be Able to Join the Air Force or Space Force As the military faces its most difficult recruiting environment in decades, the services are workshopping options to allow...
Drug and Alcohol Test Results Might Be Waived for Air Force and Space Force Recruits The possible policy change comes as the military as a whole faces a dwindling population of eligible service members and dire...
Extra Days Off Promised for Alaska Units That Can Avoid Getting in Trouble with Booze and Drugs Commanders across the force this year have been eyeing new ways to boost soldiers' quality of life, with more time off a key...
In the Army, You’re More Likely to Be Detained for Drugs Than Sexual Assault A first-of-its-kind analysis reveals that, on average, Army soldiers had to face at least eight counts of sexual offenses...
CBD Oil and Hemp Oil: Uses and Future Military Acceptance? Is CBD legal for military members? Here's some information.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
