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Dual Roles, Clear Lines: How Osteopathic Providers Can Serve Veterans in VA Community Care and Offer Medical-Cannabis Evaluations, Including Telehealth
Osteopathic physicians increasingly find themselves navigating two parallel healthcare worlds: federally governed Veteran care delivered through the VA Community Care […]
Cannabis Use Disorder, DNA, and Veterans’ Medical Cannabis Care for PTSD: What We Know and How To Move Forward
Why this matters now Increasing numbers of veterans are considering medical cannabis as a solution to chronic pain, sleep, and […]
Mendry’s Role – Clearly Stated: Veteran Education on State-Legal Medical Cannabis, Without Clinical Services
What Mendry does Explains the landscape in plain language. How federal and state laws intersect, including why VA clinicians cannot […]
Expanding the Circle of Care: How VA Community Care is Recognizing Nontraditional Providers
Introduction For decades, Veterans turning to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mostly found themselves in traditional healthcare settings, hospitals, […]
The Hidden Cost of Pain Denial in Veterans
Introduction Pain is more than just a symptom; it’s your body sending a message. In the case of Veterans, such […]
Veterans, Chronic Pain, and Medical Cannabis: Understanding the Choice Beyond Opioids
Introduction Chronic pain is one of the most common—and life-changing—challenges Veterans face. Service-related injuries, years of physical strain, and lingering […]
Osteopathic Physicians, VA Policy, and Medical Cannabis: What 2025 Proposals Could Mean for Veterans
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Current VA policy: VA clinicians can talk with you about cannabis use and document it […]
Federal Cannabis Policy & Veterans (2025): Access, Rules, and What Could Change
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Here’s where things stand today: VA clinicians can talk with Veterans about cannabis use and […]
Veterans and Caregivers: Osteopathic Cannabis Care
How VA Community Care Fits—Step-by-Step Short version: Your first appointment with a qualified, state-authorized osteopathic physician (DO) for medical cannabis […]
Osteopathic Care for Veterans: 2 Separate Lanes
A Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) can legally serve Veterans in two different ways: by participating in the VA Community […]
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 […]
Exercise + Osteopathic Care + Cannabis Literacy
What this guide addresses—plain language Mendry Many Veterans live with chronic pain, poor sleep, and limits on daily tasks like […]
Pediatric Medical-Cannabis Care Managers—and Where Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fits
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) For a small number of pediatric seizure disorders, a purified cannabidiol (CBD) medicine—Epidiolex—has FDA approval […]