David Bass | Sid Miller | Wendy Askew, MD | Jordan Tishler, MD | Bryon Adinoff, MD | Darina A. Douchi | Jax Finkel | Jason Walker | Romana Harding | Phil Gero | Anita Sommers | Amanda – Texas Veteran Online Conference – On Demand

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Join Informed Texas for an online discussion regarding Texas Veterans and medical cannabis. We’ll hear from doctors on how medicinal cannabis works, its impact on PTSD and pain, and potential prescription drug interactions. Commissioner Miller will provide an update on Texas’ hemp program. We will also hear personal accounts from some Texas veterans on how medicinal cannabis has changed their lives.

00:00 – Introduction & Welcome – Ret. Major David Bass

06:02 – Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller Discusses Growing Hemp for Veterans

Wendy Askew, MD explains how cannabis works at 09:37.

30:30 – THC As Medicine – Jordan Tishler, MD – Harvard Medical School Instructor, President of the Association of Cannabis Specialists

Bryon Adinoff, MD – Doctors for Cannabis Regulation, Former Addiction Neuroscientist with Veterans Affairs – 50:01 – PTSD, Pain, and Cannabis –

01:12:12 – Drug Interactions – Curativo Hemp CEO Dr. Darina A. Douchi, PharmD, MAJ(R).

02:00:00 – Panel Discussion on PTSD and Pain

Retired Major David Bass served as moderator.

Jason Walker, Army Retired NCO

Romana Harrison, Navy Veteran and Pine Shadows Farm LLC Owner

Former Pflugerville Police Department Sergeant Phil Gero

Viridiana Edwards is a medical cannabis scholar, advocate, and business owner.

02:39:54 – Panel of Veteran Engagement

Jax Finkel, Executive Director of Informed Texas, moderated the discussion.

Air Force Veteran Anita Sommers, M(ASCP)

Amanda Walker, Military Wife

Akila Wienecke is the Director of Patient Outreach at Texas NORML.

Jax Finkel, Executive Director of Informed Texas, speaks on the legislative and electoral processes at 03:12:27.

Major David Bass resigned from the United States Army after twenty-one years of active military duty in 2006. He was a Signal Corps Communications Officer. He served in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. During Desert Storm, David led the 304th Maintenance Company at Logistics Base Echo and King Khalid Military City in Saudi Arabia. During Operation Iraqi Freedom II in 2004-2005, he was the Communications Officer for the 1st Cavalry Division Support Command at Camp Taji, Iraq. He took part in the Troops to Teachers program and now teaches American Literature and Creative Writing at Ellison High School in Killeen, Texas. David has been with Texas NORML since 2013 and is the Director of Veteran Outreach. He also founded the Operation Trapped campaign. David is also the founder of the Texas Veterans for Medical Marijuana organization.

Sid Miller is the 12th Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA)

Sid Miller, an eighth-generation farmer and rancher, is the 12th Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). He has spent his whole life advocating for Texas agriculture, rural areas, and the wonderful state of Texas.

Sid Miller, who was born in De Leon, Comanche County, in September 1955, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Ag Education from Tarleton State University in Stephenville.

Miller, a well-known community activist, was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2000. He soon established himself as an ardent supporter of Texas agriculture, constitutional rights, and individual liberty for all Texans.

In 2014, he was elected statewide as the 12th Texas Agriculture Commissioner, and in 2018, he was re-elected to a second term.

Commissioner Miller has introduced substantial, common sense reform to TDA since entering office as Agriculture Commissioner. He cleared a two-and-a-half year backlog in organic certificates in his first six months in office. He restructured field operations in order to increase efficiency for Texas taxpayers. This includes boosting the frequency of consumer protection inspections by up to 183% while reducing TDA inspectors’ annual mileage by more than half a million kilometers.

In addition, Commissioner Miller initiated Operation Maverick, a consumer protection campaign aimed at locating firms who failed to register their commercial scales with TDA. Registrations have grown by 35%, and TDA currently monitors over 2,000 previously unregistered firms to ensure consumer protection.

Commissioner Miller, a former agriculture teacher and school board member, is dedicated to combating childhood obesity and supporting healthy lifestyles for Texas students. His Farm Fresh Fridays and other farm-to-school efforts resulted in a $14 million boost in school purchases of Texas goods. Commissioner Miller is also committed to ensuring that rural communities have access to the water and infrastructure they require to prosper. To that aim, he established the TDA’s Office of Water to guarantee that all Texans have access to safe drinking water for current and future generations. Furthermore, during his leadership, TDA has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds to local communities for infrastructure renovations and repairs under the Texas Community Development Block Grant program.

Commissioner Miller is the state’s primary champion for Texas agriculture, Texas-grown goods, and Texas-owned companies across the world. He is in charge of TDA’s world-famous GO TEXAN initiative, which promotes the greatest goods, businesses, and communities in the Lone Star State. Since entering office, Commissioner Miller has led trade trips to Cuba, Ecuador, Argentina, Israel, China, and every continent except Antarctica in order to expand market exposure for Texas agriculture. Commissioner Miller is an American Quarter Horse breeder and trainer. He is a well-known rodeo cowboy with 12 world championship titles in his leisure time.

He and his wife, Debra, have been married for over four decades. They are the parents of two sons, two daughters-in-law, and five grandkids. They are active members of Erath County’s Cowboy Church, where Commissioner Miller also serves as an elder.

Dr. Wendy Askew

Dr. Wendy Askew is a board-certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist in San Antonio, Texas. In addition, she is board-certified in Functional and Regenerative Medicine. She is the Foundation for an Informed Texas’ Medical Director.

She is on a mission to assist people attain true health and wellness for the rest of their lives by combining holistic, regenerative, and traditional medicine approaches. Her personal experience with cannabis medicine’s curative benefits on her own autoimmune condition has strengthened her conviction that sufferers deserve widespread access to this healing plant.

Dr. Askew is a proud veteran of the United States Air Force, having been on active duty for over eleven years. During her nearly two-decade medical career, she has served on several hospital committees, educated residents in academic medicine programs, participated in medical missions, and established a profitable private practice. Dr. Askew runs the vlog The Whole Truth and contributes as a medical expert to several local and national newspapers.

She is married to Sam Sitterle and has two lovely kids, Hannah and Sophie, as well as a few rescue dogs. She likes exercise, travel, meditation, crime podcasts, and personal and professional growth when she is not working.

Dr. Jordan Tishler
Harvard Medical School Instructor and President of the Association of Cannabis Specialists

Dr. Tishler specializes on cannabis. Dr. Tishler provides his knowledge, reason, and care to patients here at inhaleMD, as well as via his advocacy work at the local and national levels, as a result of his expertise in Internal Medicine and years of practice as an Emergency Physician.

Dr. Tishler graduated from both Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, completed his residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and currently serves on the faculty of both Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He has spent many years working with the needy, specifically with Veterans. After treating innumerable patients who had been injured by alcohol and narcotics, Dr. Tishler became interested in the science of cannabis safety and therapy after seeing that he had never observed a cannabis overdose.

Dr. Tishler is a regular lecturer and author on a wide range of cannabis-related medical issues. He is the President of the Association of Cannabis Specialists, an organization dedicated to educating physicians, policymakers, and the cannabis business on best practices and the tools required for good patient care.

Doctors for Cannabis Regulation’s Bryon Adinoff, MD, is a former addiction neuroscientist with Veterans Affairs.

Bryon Adinoff, MD is an academician and addiction psychiatrist. Following his retirement as Distinguished Professor of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and as a psychiatrist with the Department of Veterans Affairs for 30 years, he was appointed Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is the Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse and has written over 175 papers and book chapters on the neuroscience and treatment of addiction. In his semi-retired state, he is shifting his attention from the effects of substance usage to the ramifications of the drug war. His dedication to the aims of Doctors for Cannabis Regulation stems from his wish to see that the harsh, punitive ban of cannabis use is replaced by a regulating system that protects both the individual and society.

PharmD, MAJ(R) Darina A. Douchi, CEO of Curativo Hemp

Dr. Darina A. Douchi, PharmD, MAJ(R), is a skilled medical legal consultant and the CEO of Curativo Hemp. She has 17 years of clinical pharmacy expertise and specializes in pain and mental care. She gained an interest in the science of medicinal cannabis after years of dealing with extremely ill Warrior Wounded Soldiers and facing her own fight with chronic pain, and she has since become an ambassador of Medical Cannabis for her patients. Dr. Douchi offers individual educational sessions to the medical community to educate them on the advantages of cannabis. Dr. Douchi is a retired Major in the United States Army who served honorably from 2009 to 2017.

Texas was informed by Jax Finkel, Executive Director.

Jax Finkel is the Foundation for an Informed Texas’ Executive Director. She formed this 501c3 charity that focuses on rural education after a decade of participation in marijuana legislation change. Jax has done hundreds of interviews and participated in several panel discussions and speaking events during her term. The Foundation for an Informed Texas created the first medicinal cannabis advertisement, which aired on Fox News and MSNBC in rural regions. From 2015 until the present, she developed curriculum and assisted in the organization and execution of regional workshops. She believes in open information sharing and encouraging organizational growth.

Jason Walker is a retired army non-commissioned officer.

Jason Walker is a career NCO with over 20 years of Army service. In 2016, Jason was diagnosed with severe PTSD. In 2017, he was medically retired from the Army. He was spared from a pharmaceutical nightmare by cannabis. He takes cannabis to treat PTSD symptoms. For his PTSD, he was given a variety of drugs. Antipsychotics, antidepressants, sedatives, anticonvulsants, alpha-blockers, and other medications.

Romana Harding, Navy Veteran and Pine Shadows Farm LLC Owner

Romana Harding is a Navy veteran suffering from Complex PTSD and chronic pain. She has survived military sexual torture. Her recovery has come through telling politicians in Texas and Washington about experiencing MST and how cannabis has helped her get off alcohol and pharmaceutical medicines. She has taken part in various cannabis advocacy documentaries and seminars.

She and her husband are now constructing an Agri-Therapy farm for soldiers and their families in Cut and Shoot, Texas.

Former Pflugerville Police Department Sergeant Phil Gero

Philip Gero is a retired Pflugerville Police Officer who worked for the agency for 12 years. During his time with the agency, Phil had a variety of positions, including Patrol Sergeant and K9 handler. He decided to leave his employment after experiencing the symptoms of PTSD and mental health degradation. He was the Sergeant over people crimes in Criminal Investigations at the time of his resignation.

Phil learned that using cannabis to manage his PTSD and anxiety was tremendously beneficial after quitting the police force. Phil discovered Texas NORML while looking for a network around this treatment. He is now the Law Enforcement Advisor on their board. Phil works as a member and activist to increase openness in enforcement and cannabis policy. He wishes to encourage those who are dealing with mental illness or trauma to share their experiences.

Phil presently resides in his home with his wife and three children. He is the successful owner of a small business that serves the local community. Phil is always attempting to change the narrative surrounding cannabis and looks forward to working toward legalization.

Anita Sommers M(ASCP) and Air Force Veteran B.S. Cell and Molecular Biology minor in Chemistry and Spanish 2007 – present Medical Professional, detecting infectious disorders “COVID” Certified Essential Oil Coach Patient with ulcerative colitis and cannabis testimonial
Communicator of Cannabis Science

Anita Sommers M(ASCP) has a new sense of awareness, mission, and name thanks to cannabis science. Her job, education, and sad medical background have set the stage for her to educate the Endocannabinoid System and natural medicinal substances in a pleasant, memorable, and thorough manner. Her love and enthusiasm for cannabis, as well as science, have finally collided in the state of Texas, and she is pleased to be a part of history and educate the public.

Veterans for Smart Farming is a pending 501c3 organization with the purpose of educating smart, organic, sustainable farming techniques while giving back to the farm to table community and bringing ourselves and Mother Earth back into balance.

Amanda Walker Military Husband

Amanda Walker is my name. My spouse is a career Army NCO who suffers from severe PTSD. Cannabis has saved our family’s lives.

Akila Wienecke, Texas NORML’s Director of Patient Outreach

Akila was born in North Carolina, but has lived in Texas for almost 20 years. Akila has worked in healthcare for over 5 years and firmly believes in homeopathy and individual liberty. Akila has been described as kind, spunky, helpful, enthusiastic, and undoubtedly powerful. She has been an activist since 2015, and she has chosen to channel her love for life into the cannabis sector in order to empower and stand alongside other patients in Texas in order to effect change. Akila’s activism motivation: people helping others. If she can make you feel empowered and motivated, she has sown the seed, and complete legalization is only the beginning.

Medical Cannabis Scholar, Advocate, and Entrepreneur Viridiana Edwards

Viridiana was born and reared in El Paso, Texas. She enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17 and was sent to South Carolina for basic training. She was ordered to deploy to Kandahar, Afghanistan, a few years later, in 2009. Viridiana was medically retired from the United States Army in June 2015 after ten years of service due to injuries incurred while fighting in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010.

Viridiana sought care from the Department of Veterans Affairs for her injuries. Unfortunately, she was administered pharmaceutical drugs that harmed her rather than helped her. Her research led her to discover other veterans who were being damaged by therapy. As a result, she conducted a national research to determine why U.S. veterans choose to treat their ailments with cannabis rather than or in addition to prescription treatment. Her thesis project, “The Battle Off the Battlefield: Exploring Medical Cannabis Use Among US Veterans Seeking Relief,” was published in 2019 as part of her M.A. in Sociology at The University of Texas at El Paso. Viridiana was admitted into the inaugural class of the nation’s first Master of Science in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, the same year. She plans to graduate in May of 2021.

Given Texas’ cannabis prohibitions, Edwards was intrigued by the fact that more than 70% of her thesis research replies were from Texas veterans. On August 17, 2020, Edwards created and released a Texas-wide research on medical cannabis usage with the Foundation for an Informed Texas, which got over 3,000 answers from veterans, civilians, and persons who left Texas for another state with a less restricted medicinal cannabis program. This information will be shared with Texas lawmakers in preparation for the 2021 Texas 87th Legislative Session in support of measures demanding an expansion of the Texas Compassionate Use Program. As a result of her research, Edwards was approached by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy to become a non-resident scholar for Drug Policy.

CannaVi Hemp, a CBD Hemp product brand with specifically developed products, was launched in November 2019. Viridiana is also a member of the Foundation for an Informed Texas, Texas NORML, and Veterans Action Council.

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