On this week’s episode of the Eye on Veterans podcast, we discuss veterans, cannabis, incarceration, and a story brought to us from The Last Prisoner Project.
Alicia Deals tracks the story of her father, Air Force veteran Robert Deals, who was arrested, convicted, and sentenced on cannabis related charges in Arizona over a decade ago.
In 2020, Arizona residents voted to legalize cannabis, and it is now legal for both medical and recreational use. But her father remains behind bars. And, in an ironic twist, Alicia Deals was awarded a state license to operate a dispensary in Tempe…