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Cannabis Industry Work Costing U.S. Veterans Their Retirement Pensions [View all]
Source: Forbes
Cannabis Industry Work Costing U.S. Veterans Their Retirement Pensions
Mike Adams
Contributor
Vices
I cover various facets of the cannabis culture
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Believe it or not, but Vets are actually being stripped of their retirement benefits due to having an association with the cannabis trade.
This insanity just happened to a 36-year-old retired Army Major by the name of Tye Reedy.
Although Reedy is a decorated military veteran who served for over a decade in both Iraq and Afghanistan, his retirement pension has gone up in smoke. This has nothing to do with him testing positive for marijuana, which remains at Schedule 1 outlaw substance in the eyes of the federal government, it is merely the ridiculous repercussion of a soldier choosing to work in the cannabis industry.
A recent report from Barrons indicates that Reedy’s position as the Director of Operations at Acreage Holdings – the cannabis firm that was just bought by Canopy Growth contingent on federal marijuana legalization-- got him sh*t-canned from his duties as a part-time military academy liaison officer. Now, it will be impossible for him to collect the pension that most soldiers look forward to after putting in 20 years of service.
But Reedy’s good old Uncle Sam took the screw tactics a step further by rubbing it in his face that the dismissal was due to his lack of values.
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Mike Adams
Contributor
Vices
I cover various facets of the cannabis culture
-snip-
Believe it or not, but Vets are actually being stripped of their retirement benefits due to having an association with the cannabis trade.
This insanity just happened to a 36-year-old retired Army Major by the name of Tye Reedy.
Although Reedy is a decorated military veteran who served for over a decade in both Iraq and Afghanistan, his retirement pension has gone up in smoke. This has nothing to do with him testing positive for marijuana, which remains at Schedule 1 outlaw substance in the eyes of the federal government, it is merely the ridiculous repercussion of a soldier choosing to work in the cannabis industry.
A recent report from Barrons indicates that Reedy’s position as the Director of Operations at Acreage Holdings – the cannabis firm that was just bought by Canopy Growth contingent on federal marijuana legalization-- got him sh*t-canned from his duties as a part-time military academy liaison officer. Now, it will be impossible for him to collect the pension that most soldiers look forward to after putting in 20 years of service.
But Reedy’s good old Uncle Sam took the screw tactics a step further by rubbing it in his face that the dismissal was due to his lack of values.
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Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeadams/2019/05/07/cannabis-industry-work-costing-u-s-veterans-their-retirement-pension/#33fdb5693220
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