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ST. PAUL, MN - Thousands of Minnesota veterans will be able to access medical marijuana for the first time nex...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Thousands of Minnesota veterans will be able to access medical marijuana for the first time next year. Office of Medical Cannabis Di...

Any veteran who is feeling thoughts of suicide can now go to any healthcare facility for free emergency care at no cost.

Over and that's the cost of war. >> reporter: but it took so long to get here. before media stories on burn pits first began popping up in 2008, the pentagon knew breathing in these fumes could be dangerous, but kept using burn pits. many service members described their symptoms being ignored or misdiagnosed within the va system. forcing them to seek expensive outside care. >> having so many doors shut in our face, being told that it's in my head. >> we did our job, they need to do theirs. >> reporter: the final hurdle, last month, as desperate veterans and their allies took to sleeping on the...

>> what could a bill like this have done for your son-in-law? he was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer, and as we all know it's from burn pit exposure. >> yes, he was active duty when he was diagnosed, so as far as the health care and financial part of it, he was good. it was after he was put on -- entered into the va system after he was medically separated, is when everything kind of went to hell. the va denied him a prescription medication to mitigate an excruciatingly painful side effects from his cancer treatments, because of his $2,000 a month. so heath was suffering, and i