Ukraine Parliament hopes cannabis will relieve PTSD from war: Medical marijuana is now legal in the Ukraine, following the country’s parliament vote at the end of December. The move comes after years of debate and is propelled, reports Marijuana Moment, by a nationwide outbreak of post-traumatic stress disorder triggered by Russia’s invasion in xxxx and the ensuing war.
St. Nick, Krampus aren’t the only folkloric winter holiday figures: Learn about Iceland’s Jólakötturinn, Italy’s La Befana and Celtic Britain’s Mari Lwyd, too, from Interfaith America.
Veterans ejected during ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ era getting new help: Some of the 100,000 LGBTQ+ people kicked out of the U.S. military from 1994 to 2011 still have a “dishonorable discharge” on their record, simply because of their sexuality. Now, the Biden administration is helping to track down an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 whose records still bear Don’t Ask Don’t Tell dishonorable discharges, which can interfere with veterans’ access to health care, home loans, and college tuition, reports Southern Illinois Now.
(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons, showing U.S. Navy officials starting the repeal of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in 2011)
