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Cannabis

5X

(3,988 posts) Mon May 25, 2020, 11:09 AM May 2020

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and it may be considering the day.

I almost always get asked in medical dispensaries if I am a veteran.
I am tempted to say, "We are all veterans of the war on drugs, most volunteered, many died".

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Some may consider this post obscene, [View all] 5X May 2020 OP

I've been saying it for decades. I always say I was a veteran of the "big war" the war on drugs. walkingman May 2020 #1

Hardly anybody our age wanted to volunteer for the armed services. 5X May 2020 #2

Yeh...some did...nt N_E_1 for Tennis May 2020 #3

Interestingly, only about 25% who served in Vietnam were drafted. Over 60% were drafted in WII. Hoyt May 2020 #4

I met many of those that volunteered after they got back, 5X May 2020 #5

Same experience here. Hoyt May 2020 #6

I recall, it was in the 70's. I was a high school teacher in New Providence, N.J. 3Hotdogs May 2020 #7

No way around it mudge May 2020 #8