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DdC · 12-19-2004, 12:54 AM

The Homeless Vet by Gary Jacobson

In acrimonious harmony outside my cardboard box
Late again for appointment to detox
Misfortune and calamity my pox
The crickets singing seems so monotonous
Throbbing in these times barbarous
Forlornly disingenuous.

They sing to an ambiguous apparition lying there
Still with far away gaze in a thousand yard stare
Far across the sea...back there
To an Asian neverland’s nowhere
As people pass on nearby streets without a care
Life, food, drink...home, no longer simple fare.
Continued... http://pzzzz.tripod.com/day.html

System Struggles With Volume of Down-and-Out Vets --
and There May Be Another Generation Coming

Nov. 13, 2004 — "Are they or aren't they really veterans?"
is a question often asked when encountering a homeless person claiming to be a vet.

There's a good chance they are.

Soldiers Learn to Deal With PTSD

"There is plenty of evidence to show that one-third of [homeless males] are veterans," says John Baskerville of Swords to Plowshares, a non-profit veterans support group in the San Francisco Bay area.

‘Get Me Off the Street’

Nearly half of the homeless vets are from the Vietnam era. Eighty percent of them have substance abuse problems.

"I drink," says Richard Smith, a Navy vet. "I'm an Irishman. I drink heavily."

And 45 percent of them are mentally ill and unlikely to get off the streets without treatment.

Brian Roth, a Marine veteran, says he has been hopelessly addicted to drugs since he came back from Vietnam in 1969, and has never had a home of his own.

"Just get me off the street," Roth says. "I'm tired. … I'm 55 years old.

"I'm sleeping with a guy in his van right now," he adds.

According to his records and relatives we spoke with, Roth went to college after his military service and even completed medical school at Michigan State before he started getting arrested for writing illegal prescriptions.

"I know I smell like a skunk and look like one," he says. "But for a year I've been trying to get into a program, and I will stay there if they just make it available." continued...
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/...=247816&page=1

National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
http://www.nchv.org/index.cfm
333 Â* Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20003-1148
E-mail: nchv@nchv.org Toll Free: 800.VET.HELP
Voice: 202.546.1969 Fax: 202.546.2063

SAMHSA Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity Expansion Grants
Application deadline is January 15, 2005
http://www.nchv.org/news_article.cfm?id=87

Veterans Incarcerated Transition Guide Now Available
http://www.nchv.org/news_article.cfm?id=14

The Stoners Will Survive
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H11F22F28

Homeless Iraq vets showing up at shelters By Mark Benjamin
Washington, DC, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. veterans from the war in Iraq are beginning to show up at homeless shelters around the country, and advocates fear they are the leading edge of a new generation of homeless vets not seen since the Vietnam era.

"When we already have people from Iraq on the streets, my God," said Linda Boone, executive director of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. "I have talked to enough (shelters) to know we are getting them. It is happening and this nation is not prepared for that."

"I drove off in my truck. I packed my stuff. I lived out of my truck for a while," Seabees Petty Officer Luis Arellano, 34, said in a telephone interview from a homeless shelter near March Air Force Base in California run by U.S.VETS, the largest organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless veterans.

Arellano said he lived out of his truck on and off for three months after returning from Iraq in September 2003. "One day you have a home and the next day you are on the streets," he said.

In Iraq, shrapnel nearly severed his left thumb. He still has trouble moving it and shrapnel "still comes out once in a while," Arellano said. He is left handed.

Arellano said he felt pushed out of the military too quickly after getting back from Iraq without medical attention he needed for his hand -- and as he would later learn, his mind. continued...
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-break...1848-6449r.htm

Sam Stone Collateral Damage

Cannabis, the Importance of Forgetting by Michael Pollan
http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg7x4796.shtml

Study: Marijuana Eases Traumatic Memories
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13601.shtml

Pot Blocks Painful Memories, Study Says
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13600.shtml

Pot-Like Chemical Helps Beat Fear
http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13596.shtml

12-19-2004, 12:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
DdC Decade Yahookan Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Santa Cruz,CA,USA Posts: 2,088 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 47 Thanked 570 Times in 378 Posts	Homeless Vets Already Overload Safety Net The Homeless Vet by Gary Jacobson In acrimonious harmony outside my cardboard box Late again for appointment to detox Misfortune and calamity my pox The crickets singing seems so monotonous Throbbing in these times barbarous Forlornly disingenuous. They sing to an ambiguous apparition lying there Still with far away gaze in a thousand yard stare Far across the sea...back there To an Asian neverland’s nowhere As people pass on nearby streets without a care Life, food, drink...home, no longer simple fare. Continued... http://pzzzz.tripod.com/day.html System Struggles With Volume of Down-and-Out Vets -- and There May Be Another Generation Coming Nov. 13, 2004 — "Are they or aren't they really veterans?" is a question often asked when encountering a homeless person claiming to be a vet. There's a good chance they are. Soldiers Learn to Deal With PTSD "There is plenty of evidence to show that one-third of [homeless males] are veterans," says John Baskerville of Swords to Plowshares, a non-profit veterans support group in the San Francisco Bay area. ‘Get Me Off the Street’ Nearly half of the homeless vets are from the Vietnam era. Eighty percent of them have substance abuse problems. "I drink," says Richard Smith, a Navy vet. "I'm an Irishman. I drink heavily." And 45 percent of them are mentally ill and unlikely to get off the streets without treatment. Brian Roth, a Marine veteran, says he has been hopelessly addicted to drugs since he came back from Vietnam in 1969, and has never had a home of his own. "Just get me off the street," Roth says. "I'm tired. … I'm 55 years old. "I'm sleeping with a guy in his van right now," he adds. According to his records and relatives we spoke with, Roth went to college after his military service and even completed medical school at Michigan State before he started getting arrested for writing illegal prescriptions. "I know I smell like a skunk and look like one," he says. "But for a year I've been trying to get into a program, and I will stay there if they just make it available." continued... http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/...=247816&page=1 National Coalition for Homeless Veterans http://www.nchv.org/index.cfm 333 Â* Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20003-1148 E-mail: nchv@nchv.org Toll Free: 800.VET.HELP Voice: 202.546.1969 Fax: 202.546.2063 SAMHSA Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity Expansion Grants Application deadline is January 15, 2005 http://www.nchv.org/news_article.cfm?id=87 Veterans Incarcerated Transition Guide Now Available http://www.nchv.org/news_article.cfm?id=14 The Stoners Will Survive http://makeashorterlink.com/?H11F22F28 Homeless Iraq vets showing up at shelters By Mark Benjamin Washington, DC, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. veterans from the war in Iraq are beginning to show up at homeless shelters around the country, and advocates fear they are the leading edge of a new generation of homeless vets not seen since the Vietnam era. "When we already have people from Iraq on the streets, my God," said Linda Boone, executive director of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. "I have talked to enough (shelters) to know we are getting them. It is happening and this nation is not prepared for that." "I drove off in my truck. I packed my stuff. I lived out of my truck for a while," Seabees Petty Officer Luis Arellano, 34, said in a telephone interview from a homeless shelter near March Air Force Base in California run by U.S.VETS, the largest organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless veterans. Arellano said he lived out of his truck on and off for three months after returning from Iraq in September 2003. "One day you have a home and the next day you are on the streets," he said. In Iraq, shrapnel nearly severed his left thumb. He still has trouble moving it and shrapnel "still comes out once in a while," Arellano said. He is left handed. Arellano said he felt pushed out of the military too quickly after getting back from Iraq without medical attention he needed for his hand -- and as he would later learn, his mind. continued... http://washingtontimes.com/upi-break...1848-6449r.htm Sam Stone Collateral Damage Cannabis, the Importance of Forgetting by Michael Pollan http://boards.marihemp.com/boards/msg7x4796.shtml Study: Marijuana Eases Traumatic Memories http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13601.shtml Pot Blocks Painful Memories, Study Says http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13600.shtml Pot-Like Chemical Helps Beat Fear http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13596.shtml __________________ Al Capone and Watergate were red herrings to divert the countries attention from the Fascist acts of eliminating competition. Booze/Ethanol then Ganja//Hemp.