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Podcast: Point Of Impact With Aaron Hale
Episode: How a Military Safety Program Is Punishing Troops Instead of Protecting Them with Max Goldberg
Description: A program designed to protect service members from dangerous supplements is instead ending careers for some of the very people it was meant to safeguard. Aaron Hale speaks with Marine defense counsel Max Goldberg about Operation Supplement Safety (OPSS) and why its current implementation is creating unintended consequences across the military. Max Goldberg explains how a constantly changing prohibited substance database, unclear guidance, and weak education systems are creating situations where young service members unknowingly violate policy and face administrative separation. The discussion is not about defending harmful substances or ignoring discipline–it fo...