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Bill would launch clinical trials on cannabis use for vets pain, PTSD
The measure advanced out of a key Senate committee for the first time.
Marijuana legalization hasn’t harmed Army’s recruit outcomes, study says
The study compared the information from Army enlistment contracts with the career outcomes of each recruit over nearly two decades.
By Kyle Rempfer
Navy, Coast Guard seized $211 million worth of drugs from Pacific smugglers
The 11,400 pounds of cocaine and 9,000 pounds of marijuana was offloaded from the USS Gabrielle Giffords on Monday, a Coast Guard statement said.
Defying Trump, House approves defense bill with veto-proof majority
The House defied a veto threat from President Donald Trump on Tuesday and approved a $740.5 billion defense policy bill that Trump opposes because it doesn’t repeal a prized liability shield for social media firms.
By Joe Gould
Florida school district fires Marine vet over medical marijuana use
The high school dean was prescribed marijuana by a doctor to treat PTSD.
Defense industry worries Congress will punt budget deal into 2021
As Congress readies a stopgap spending measure this week, the defense industry is girding for a long-term funding patch that could delay both new procurement programs and needed fiscal certainty into next year.
By Joe Gould
Navy ramps up its regulation of CBD products
The service says the products "could negatively impact mission readiness."
By Jon Simkins
Man stopped at Fort Bragg gate pleads guilty for handgun possession and trafficking marijuana
A retail shopping bag was found in the Mercedes’ trunk that contained three bags of marijuana totaling approximately 162 grams.
By Kyle Rempfer
Air Force Academy cadet pleads guilty to using LSD, MDMA, cocaine and more
The cadet first class will be jailed for six months, and he will be discharged from the academy after his guilty plea.
Defense execs press lead lawmakers for COVID reimbursements
Eighty defense industry executives have written to top congressional leaders to ask for emergency appropriations to reimburse defense contractors’ coronavirus-related costs.
By Joe Gould
The Pentagon wants a $10B defense industry cash injection. Is Congress listening?
Pentagon leaders need “around $10 billion” in the next pandemic aid package to cover defense contractors’ coronavirus-related costs. But it’s unclear how the hefty funding handout will square with Republican skepticism of new deficit spending.
By Joe Gould