AUSTIN (Nexstar) — "Like thousands of us, I went through the government's solution — a never ending parade of pills: Vicodin, Valium, Tramadol, Neurontin, antidepressants, sleeping pills, the list goes on and on. Those drugs nearly destroyed me," Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran Dave Walden said on Monday. "Legal hemp-derived consumable THC gummies brought me back."

Walden spoke on behalf of the Texas Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), who are vehemently opposed to Senate Bill 3 — the THC ban bill.

"Since 2018 I haven't touched a single opioid or any of the other drugs that I mentioned above. I've rebuilt my life. I've become a better leader, a better husband, a better father. And ultimately a better man," Walden said. "But now Senate Bill three wants to turn this into con

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