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“...the VA should be handing cannabis out like candy.”

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National PTSD Awareness Month: The Plant That Saved Me

By Dustin Hoxworth

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une is National PTSD Awareness Month. But for me and my family, it’s every damn day.

PTSD didn’t just show up one day. It’s been living in my bloodline since Vietnam. My family came home from war only to fight another one inside their heads; alone, judged, medicated, and discarded. What they needed wasn’t another bottle of pills or a condescending doctor, they needed understanding, healing, and access to something real. Something natural. Cannabis.

And then there’s me. I didn’t wear a uniform, but I’ve got my own battlefield scars. Mine were carved into me by the people who were supposed to love me the most. Abuse doesn’t come with a discharge date. You don’t “get over it.”

You carry it in your gut, in your sleep. In your silence.

Cannabis didn’t “fix” me. It freed me. It gave me my breath back. It gave me space between the trigger and the breakdown. It gave me permission to live without needing a daily chemical lobotomy handed out in orange bottles from people who never once asked what I’d actually been through.

Big Pharma wants to keep us sedated. The system would rather see us doped up and docile than aware, healing, and connected to the natural world. There’s no money in freedom. There’s no patent on a plant.

We need to stop pretending that PTSD is some fringe issue.

It’s not just vets. It’s survivors. It’s kids. It’s people like me and maybe like you, walking through life with invisible wounds. And we need to start treating this epidemic with something other than shame and prescriptions.

Cannabis is medicine.

Not a crutch. Not an escape. A lifeline.

So this June, we honor National PTSD Awareness Month by doing more than posting a ribbon.

Speak up. Fight back.

Demand access. And recognize the sacred plant that’s been helping us survive when no one else would.

Cannabis doesn’t erase PTSD, but it quiets the war long enough for the healing to begin.

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Pg. 4: Market Report - Hoodie Analytics

By Bethany Niebauer

Pg. 18: Cannabis Trivia

Pg. 22: SCIENCE! w/ Len May

Pg. 8: Faces of Cannabis: Laura Gonzalez

Pg. 26: CannaHumans: Todd Jefferson

Pg. 12: Altered Eats w/

Zack Smith Pg. 16: Cannabis Founders Club: Danette Carrion

Pg. 30: Mezcal & Cannabis: Mezcal & Cannabis- Plant Medicine Marriage of Oaxaca de Juárez Pg. 34: Axial Resolutions Launches The Partnership Index Pg. 40: Glazed

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FAT NUGS MAGAZINE THE FACES OF CANNABIS PROJECT ALL PHOTOS BY DERRALL PEACH

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celebration of the people who make the cannabis industry special. It's our living archive of the real ones; those who grind, grow, create, and advocate for the plant, the community, and the culture that surrounds it. It’s about the unsung heroes; the budtender who remembers your name, the cultivator covered in resin, the artist sketching strains into the story.

It highlights the growers, patients, advocates, artists, and everyday humans who live and breathe cannabis. Through striking visuals that tell stories, the idea is to capture the soul of our community, one face at a time to feature a snapshot of authenticity, a movement, a mirror, and a love letter to those shaping the future of this space with passion, grit, and dirt under their nails.

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Laura Gonzalez Laura Gonzalez is a Brand Ambassador and all-around cannabis hype woman. She’s been in the industry for almost three years now.

Laura always knew that she wanted to be part of the “cannabis world” but had no clue where to start, but once she found her way in as a Brand Ambassador, everything just clicked.

Laura uses cannabis both personally and professionally and it’s been a game-changer for her in multiple ways.

“Whether I’m educating others or learning new things myself, this plant has helped me grow in more ways than one.”

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1. Which ancient culture used cannabis in funeral rituals to help the soul pass to the afterlife?

A) Vikings B) Scythians C) Babylonians D) Mayans 2. What year did the U.S. federal government officially classify cannabis as a Schedule I drug?

A) 1961 B) 1970 C) 1984 D) 1996 3. Which compound in cannabis is primarily responsible for the "high"?

A) CBD B) CBN C) THC D) CBG 4. What is the name of the world’s largest cannabis museum, located in Amsterdam?

A) The Green Room B) The Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum C) 420 Archives D) Hemporium 5. Which famous strain is a cross between Colombian, Mexican, Thai, and Afghani landraces?

A) OG Kush B) Blue Dream C) Northern Lights D) Haze

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Originally developed in the Netherlands in 1992 by the seed company Serious Seeds.

AK-47 is a sativa-dominant hybrid created from a four-way cross of: Colombian Mexican Thai Afghan This unique combination brings together uplifting cerebral effects from the sativa landraces and body relaxation from the Afghani indica, resulting in a powerful yet balanced high.

Despite its intense name, AK47 is known for its calming, creative, and euphoric effects, and it’s become a global favorite for both medical and recreational users, especially for stress, PTSD, and depression.

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Cannabis Trivia Answers Answer: B) Scythians - These nomadic warriors hotboxed burial tents with burning cannabis, recorded by Herodotus around 450 BCE. Answer: D) Haze - A psychedelic classic with global roots, born in the 1960s and still melting minds today.

Answer: B) The Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum - Since 1985, it’s been preserving the plant’s history, from ancient pipes to modern advocacy.

Answer: C) THC - Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol binds to CB1 receptors in your brain and launches the trip.

Answer: B) 1970 - The Controlled Substances Act lumped cannabis in with heroin and LSD, claiming it had “no accepted medical use.”

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