Danny Ford was a United States Air Force Photographer from 1989-93. Military Photographers are trained for situational perception, attentiveness, and appropriate valuation for recognition of moments worthy of historical documentation for future presentation. Mr. Ford, as an Airman in the U.S. Air Force, worked as a photigrapher at the PACAF Headquarters in Hawaii. Through his duties as an Airman, Danny trained to capture history on film and in digital images. Additionally, Mr. Ford received training through the Sony Institute located on the campus of the American Film Institute in Hollywood, California. It was here he earned certifications in “Electronic News Gathering”, “Creating the Basic Video Program”, and “Camera Techniques and Visualization”.

His military training included the practices in documentation of crime scenes and bodily injuries, material deficiency reporting, and other investigative elements of photographic documentation. Mr. Ford has capture foreign dignitaries, diplomats, State leaders, and the President of The United States in photos and video. Following military service on inactive reserve status, Danny was federally employed as a Loss Prevention Agent for the Navy Exchange Service at Pearl Harbor. Through this employment he was a trained observer looking for acts of fraud, waste, and abuse. Mr. Ford observed Exchange customers, and a sizable staff of employees, through the use of both physical and electronic means to aid in prosecution of theft of government property.

Following honorable discharge and separation from military service, and after his loss prevention service, in the 1990’s Mr. Ford joined a local news team with an NBC affiliate as a photographer where he documented local newsworthy events for public broadcast. Next, Mr. Ford joined FOX and UPN network affiliates in the same Texas market while contracted as the station’s Promotions Editor. Danny’s employment in broadcast media capacities concluded with completion of his second of two college degree programs. Danny earned his first degree as an active duty Airman through the Community College of The Air Force. His degree was  in Audio VIsual Production Services. His second degree was in Sound Technology. Following his employment in news and broadcast media, in 1998, Danny transitioned his skills into a litigation support role as Director of Video Production for a Texas Accident and Injury law firm which specialized in representing victims of aviation related accidents. In this capacity of litigation support, Danny assisted the legal counsel of injury victims with their presentations of facts and evidence used in trials and mediations of highly valuable legal cases. In 2001 Mr. Ford became primary member of a corporation specializing in video and photographic presentations for trials and mediation. Mr. Ford has recorded countless hours of video deposition testimony as a professional legal videographer.

His cameras and equipment have documented decades of evidence used to demonstrate factual evidence. Working as both an editor and contracted producer, when combined with photographic and recording skills of a trained documentarian, Danny’s professional integrity and dedication resulted in justice being served for countless victims injured by greed, failure to warn, deception, and cases of gross negligence. Husband, father, property owner, taxpayer, United States Military Veteran, and outspoken advocate for safe legal access to cannabis by Veterans of our armed services combine to form the not only the professional, but also the PERSON who is Danny Ford.

Through work with non-profits like NORML, Danny urged and argued outspokenly to legislative representatives his call to action to support America’s and Texas’ suffering Military Veterans. His involvement with NORML events in his home State’s capitol, as well as numerous pro-cannabis public marches in the city main streets if Texas, Mr. Ford regularly and freely offers both time and personal resources in efforts to help The People finally put end to victimization through cannabis misinformation, canna-consumer misidentification, deception and a variety of blatant acts of corruption currently devastating an extremely valuable American agricultural commodity.  In 2024 Mr. Ford joined forces with The People of The United States of America in this public demonstration and presentation of the federal handling of a grossly mishandled, extremely valuable agricultural commodity.

This independent cannabis news researcher is spilling the tea on counterfeit seed certification, lack of chain of custody and the corruption that results from a failed testing protocol.  Danny Ford seeks to share testimony for inclusion and consideration to Descheadule Cannabis in The United States of America.