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My name is Robert Kowalski and I am the founder of Veterans Ending The Stigma, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. In 2006 I joined the US Air Force as a Security Forces member (Military Police). In 2007 I went on my first combat deployment to Iraq as a corrections officer for Camp Bucca in southern Iraq for 8months. In 2009 I deployment for my second combat tours to Iraq on a Police Transition Team with the mission to train Iraqi police officers for a full year. In 2010 I was diagnosed with PTSD, severe and Chronic Pain and a TBI. I took my treatment into my own hands and chose cannabis over the pills that were pushed on me. This led to my discharge from the military in 2011 with a general discharge under honorable conditions. Through the VA I was deemed 90%disabled and Unemployable. In 2012 I moved from Ohio to Arizona where I became a medical marijuana card holder. I was blessed with the ability to volunteer my time at a cultivation facility where I was able to work on my treatment and stopped taking the 22pills a day that were perscribed to me by the VA. In 2014 I moved back to Ohio to try and save my grandmother's life, who was dieing from cancer. After her passing I joined the movement to end the Cannabis proabition. I founded my organization in 2016 to assist the Veteran community and use my Veteran status to promote change. I assisted in Ohio legislation with testimony and visiting Senators and Representatives to discuss my concerns for the Veteran community and there choice to use cannabis for treatment. This lead a Veteran Clause insuring that Veterans are going to be assisted. I 2017 I was given opportunities to speak at various conferences on the Veterans and cannabis issue in 4 different states across the US to include OH, PA, MI and IL. At the end of 2017 I was invited to work with another Veteran and NGOs on the International Drug Treaty to revisit the cannabis issue and change the schedule of cannabis. and, what makes change really........
