Color, Courage & Cannabis: Healing Our Heroes This Memorial Day
At Love Yer Brain, we believe creativity is medicine—and sometimes, so are plants.
Each Memorial Day, we pause to remember those who served and sacrificed. But beyond gratitude, we must ask: how can we better support our veterans now?
For many vets returning home, the battle doesn’t end. They face invisible wounds: PTSD, chronic anxiety, depression, traumatic brain injury, and pain that traditional treatments too often fail to resolve. But where conventional medicine stalls, new therapies—grounded in ancient practices and modern science—are gaining momentum.
Cannabis & Psychedelics: Hope Beyond the Prescription Pad
Cannabis has shown promise in treating PTSD, reducing chronic pain, improving sleep, and even easing social anxiety. Psychedelics like psilocybin and MDMA—once stigmatized—are now the subjects of serious clinical trials, showing incredible results for trauma survivors.
Organizations like the Veterans Cannabis Project advocate for veterans’ access to medical cannabis. Heroic Hearts Project connects vets with psychedelic therapies in a safe, supported setting. Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions (VETS) is funding groundbreaking research and providing treatment grants.
Healing Through Creativity
Just as powerful? Art.
Art therapy has become a vital outlet for veterans to express the inexpressible. Whether it's painting, songwriting, or storytelling, the creative process allows trauma to be released in a safe, generative way. Groups like CreatiVets and the American Healing Arts Foundation are helping vets turn their experiences into meaning—and their pain into beauty.
Wayne Coyne, co-founder of Love Yer Brain, has long believed in the power of expressive art to expand consciousness and heal. The act of pouring color, as seen in his signature spin art, becomes more than a visual—it’s a ritual of catharsis.
Love Yer Brain Stands With Our Vets
We stand with those who fight for peace, and those who fight for healing. This week, we're offering 25% off everything on our site with code loveyerhero as a small gesture of thanks.
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If you're a veteran—or know someone who could benefit from these tools—we hope this inspires new paths toward peace, creativity, and brain love.
Join us in honoring our heroes. And remember: drugs help. Art heals. Love wins.
Photo of Wayne Coyne spin art by Colt Liles