How Expanded Medical Cannabis Access Impacts Texas Veterans with PTSD and Chronic Pain
What Texas Changed (HB 46) Texas passed HB 46, the most significant update to the Compassionate Use Program (TCUP) since its start in 2015. Effective September 1, 2025, the law brings these key changes: Bottom line: HB 46 isn’t just about adding diagnoses—it reshapes eligibility, dosing, delivery, and supply so clinicians can better match products […]
Exercise + Osteopathic Care + Cannabis Literacy
Information only. Decisions about diagnosis, treatment, exercise, or cannabis use belong to you and your licensed care team. Veterans Desk is brand-neutral, does not endorse products or vendors, and does not collect protected health information (PHI). If you are in crisis, call 988 (Veterans: press 1) or 911. What this guide addresses—plain languageVeterans Desk Many […]
Pediatric Medical-Cannabis Care Managers—and Where Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fits
A plain-language guide for veteran families: roles, safety, and real-life coordinationEducation only. Not medical or legal advice. If your child is in crisis, call 911 or 988 (Veterans: press 1). BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) For a small number of pediatric seizure disorders, a purified cannabidiol (CBD) medicine—Epidiolex—has FDA approval (Dravet syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and […]
Medical Cannabis & Chronic Pain: A 2025 Roadmap for Veterans
Understanding the Crucial Role of Your Osteopathic Doctor in Chronic Pain Management Plain language. Veteran-first. Education only.If you’re ever in crisis, call 988 (Veterans: press 1) or 911. Remember: decisions about your diagnosis, treatment, or cannabis use are yours—made in partnership with your licensed clinicians. Your role isn’t just important; it’s empowering when it comes […]
Veterans, Surgery, and the Opioid Dilemma
A neutral guide to roles after surgery: Osteopathic physicians (DOs) and Surgical-Recovery Medical-Cannabis Care Managers (SR-MCCMs).Plain language. Veteran-first. Education only. In case of a crisis, remember: help is only a call away. Dial 988 (Veterans: press 1) or 911 for immediate assistance. Decisions about your diagnosis, treatment, medications, or cannabis use are always yours—made together […]
Autoimmune Disease, Veterans in Pain, and the Osteopathic Advantage
A plain-language guide to roles in care—where a DO fits, how complementary options (including state-legal medical cannabis) may be considered, and how steroid reduction is clinically guided. If you’re ever in crisis, call 988 (Veterans: press 1) or 911. Remember: this is your journey. Decisions about diagnosis, treatment, medications, or cannabis use are yours, in […]
Medical-Cannabis Care Managers & Mindfulness-Based Care
A plain-language guide for Veterans, families, clinicians, and community partners This guide is for education only. It is not medical or legal advice.If you’re ever in crisis, call 988 (Veterans: press 1) or 911. Decisions about diagnosis, treatment, medications, or cannabis use are always between you and your licensed clinicians. The big idea (in simple […]
Empowering Our Heroes Together
Mendry Sponsor Acknowledgment (Education-First, Brand-Neutral): At Mendry, we put education before promotion. Our focus is to provide information that truly helps veterans, families, and caregivers—without brand bias. Education only. Not medical or legal advice. If you’re ever in crisis, call 988 (Veterans: press 1) or 911. What Mendry Does Mendry’s initiative, Mendry Live, is more […]
Cannabis Access & Opioid Outcomes: An Evidence Brief for Veterans (2025)
Education only. Not medical or legal advice. If you’re ever in crisis, call 988 (Veterans: press 1) or 911. Why this matters now Veterans have carried a heavy burden in the overdose crisis. In recent years, overdose deaths have continued to rise—driven mostly by powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl. Against that reality, it’s natural to […]
Marijuana Testing at the Recruiting Gate (2025)
Education only. Not legal advice. If you’re in crisis, call 988 (Veterans: press 1) or 911 Bottom line up front (BLUF) THC testing is still required when entering military service. In 2024, the U.S. House pushed language to stop cannabis testing for recruits and officer candidates. But that provision didn’t survive conference, and the FY […]