DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - November 02, 2016) - O.penVAPE, the world's largest cannabis consumer company, will kick off a program to benefit Grow for Vets USA, a national nonpartisan 501(c)(19) Colorado-based, nonprofit organization. The program will include participating dispensaries that will give away O.penVAPE cannabis oil to veterans on Veteran's Day, Friday November 11th.

As a way of showing support for our veterans, O.penVAPE has pledged to donate one dollar from every O.penVAPE camouflage or American flag vaporizer sold online and in stores throughout its licensee network in Colorado, Oregon, New Mexico, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada.

Roger Martin, executive director of Grow for Vets USA, said the charity provides veterans the resources and knowledge necessary to obtain or grow safer cannabis.

"Our organization works to help veterans ease their pain by providing easier access to medical cannabis, a more beneficial alternative to opioids," Martin said. "We are very interested in promoting safer access to cannabis as well as a safer delivery system."

Ralph Morgan, CEO of O.penVAPE, cited a March 2016 report from the Veteran's Administration that concluded approximately 60 percent of returning soldiers from the Middle East and 50 percent of older generation veterans suffer from chronic pain. He referred to a 2013 analysis by the Center for Investigative Reporting that showed a 270 percent increase in written prescriptions for veterans for opiates over the past 12 years. The report concluded this spike led to heavy opioid addiction and a fatal overdose rate of two times the national average.

"Opioid dependence and abuse is a national tragedy and our vets are not at fault," Morgan said. "We want to help veterans, our heroes, find a safer path to relief, free of opioids and the dangers associated with prolonged use of addictive drugs."

O.penVAPE will be adding dispensaries participating in the Grow for Vets USA project on their website. Visit www.openvape.com for a full list.

About O.penVAPE

With products in more than 1,200 dispensaries nationwide, O.penVAPE has established itself as the world's largest cannabis company. O.penVAPE appreciates a mutually beneficial relationship with its network of affiliates who are licensed to manufacture and sell O.penVAPE cartridges, vaporizer devices and other related products. Licensees in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico and Oregon employ O.penVAPE's Organa Labs technology to manufacture cannabis oil through supercritical CO₂ extraction. Now, medical marijuana patients and cannabis enthusiasts have broader access to a pure, safe and consistent product. O.penVAPE's leaders ardently support cannabis legalization and scientific research in order to provide better, alternative medicine. Please visit www.openvape.com for more information.