Veteran

Yesterday morning I received a call from a man in his late 30's on the east coast.
He was looking for help with a crack addiction. He had been arrested and was court ordered to drug rehab.
He was a veteran, he had a brain injury and a back injury.
He had come to me for help because the VA could offer him no more assistance.

There is a perfect place on the West Coast to send this man. He would be off his drugs and his medications,
he would be helped with his chronic pain, and treated with the respect and dignity he deserves as a veteran.
The catch - it costs money.

There is no funding available to him. With $33.2 billion in the kitty for Veteran's Affairs there is no funding
to help him. The US military budget is $1 trillion with everything put together (source is wikipedia). The
largest asset the military has is their people. After they have done their time for the nation such large numbers
of them need some help . . . and not in meds that are causing the huge numbers of suicides we are seeing.

It angers me that I couldn't offer this to this man. Homeless and forgotten. I did help him find some resources
nearby. I hope he gets into one of them and does well. . .