"They told my wife she may never see me again," he said on the new episode of the BrooklynVegan Interview Podcast. "[They said] if I did in fact survive, I would probably be a vegetable for the rest of my life." And then he added with a laugh, "But I'm a talking vegetable!" Dave was told by doctors as he was leaving the hospital that he was a "miracle."
"The vibes were good... nothing can beat this! I did well for taking my time. I may not yet realize how far I've come so far... probably because there's a long way to go before I can ski like I want to, without knee pain. But hey! This is a more than positive first step And most of all... Thank you to all the people who have helped me and accompanied me so far. Without you, nothing would be possible "
Our little knight had long set himself the goal of being able to run, jump, and swim again. He can't do it like other children his age, of course, but we can no longer describe what he does in any other way than by saying it's running, jumping, and swimming. It's different, only over a few meters or a very small height, but it's an incredible achievement.
Across the United States, more than 18 million military veterans live with the lasting effects of service. For many, combat did not end when they returned home. The scars of war-whether in the form of physical injuries, chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), or invisible mental health struggles-are daily realities. Yet despite decades of evidence supporting cannabis as a therapeutic tool, America's veterans still face barriers to safe and consistent access.
In late July, 27-year-old Shane Tamura opened fire in an office building at 345 Park Avenue. Tamura shot multiple people in the building's lobby before trying to take the elevator to get to the NFL's offices. It was later revealed that Tamura took the wrong elevator bank. Tamura killed four people including one police officer before turning the rifle on himself and dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.
Prosecutors allege that he used a seven-inch baton to beat a woman in the head on Oct. 13, 2024 at the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. The woman told police that her attacker had been yelling derogatory things to other women present at the station, and had said, f you b-, shortly before hitting her. She went unconscious, causing a concussion and a brain injury, according to police.
Roam the wide-open halls and cavernous showrooms of the Colorado Convention Center during Psychedelic Science, the world's largest psychedelics conference, and you'll see exhibitors hawking everything from mushroom jewelry, to chewable gummies containing extracts of the psychoactive succulent plant kanna, to broad flat-brim baseball caps emblazoned with "MDMA" and "IBOGA." Booths publicize organizations such as the Ketamine Taskforce and the Psychedelic Parenthood Community, and even The Faerie Rings, a live-action feature film looking to attract investors.
In the 1980s, one of my psychology professors at the University of Toronto advocated against using labels for psychological or psychiatric diagnoses. "Why not?" I questioned. "How else will we know what illness they have? Labels being bad sounds like psychological mumbo jumbo." By the end of that school year, I understood how labels stigmatize and limit recovery. Humans use labels to distinguish between themselves and those not like them.
