Veterans Fight to End Over-Prescribing the Drugs that Kill More Than War | The Rob Maness Show EP 536

150,000 dead veterans over the last 20 years. Let that sink in friends. Veteran’s groups large and small have worked tirelessly to end the deaths by suicide we are experiencing, the Department of Veterans Affairs spends billions on mental health programs that are not delivering for us, and now there is an attempt in Texas to ban the use of THC to treat veterans, a verifiably working alternative to the VA’s preferred approach of over-prescribing big Pharma’s favorite pills, all of which increase the risk of suicide. Fortunately, there is a renewed effort sounding the alarm and getting some traction in this fight. That clip you just saw is part of a major press conference held last week and sponsored by Congressman Jack Bergman, a retired Marine General himself, and organized by the GruntStyle Foundation to get the voices of these veterans and their families heard on Capitol Hill and in the VA. I am also very glad to see the big vet groups like the VFW putting their support behind the effort too, that is a great sign we may see movement in the right direction. My guest today is leading the fight to end the killing and is a co-owner of GruntStyle, Marine combat veteran and entrepreneur Tim Jensen. Tim started in 2013 with the company folding tee shirts for just over minimum wage and today develops the brand as the Chief Brand Officer. He serves as President of the Board of Directors ‘GruntStyle Foundation,’ a 501c3 focused on empowering veterans to create a better life for themselves and contribute to the community in which they live.