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Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a $1.5 million grant to study MDMA-assisted therapy for veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder, marking the first VA-funded psychedelic research in over 50 years. In January 2024, the VA first revealed plans to fund studies on the use of psychedelic...

The Cannabist Company has launched a donation drive through Veterans Day to benefit the Weed for Warriors Project (WFW), a nonprofit dedicated to supporting holistic care for veterans, including access to medical cannabis. This initiative spans 12 U.S. markets—California, Colorado, Delaware,...

Three bipartisan congressional lawmakers are urging the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reconsider its directive constraining VA doctors from helping veterans access medical marijuana in states where it is legal. What happened: Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D), founder and co-chair of the...

U.S. Congresspersons Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Brian Mast (R-Fla.), Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) successfully passed their bipartisan amendment in the Republicans' Veterans Affairs spending package. This amendment would end the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prohibition on...

VA Under Secretary for Health Shereef Elnahal shared insights on the “unstoppable narrative” of psychedelic medicine, fueled by compelling veterans’ recovery stories and robust scientific research. Speaking at a Horizons psychedelics conference, Elnahal noted that the Department...

Psychedelics Developer Secures $100M In Series A Funding, Will Support MDMA Approval To Treat PTSD A decade after it was founded as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), MAPS Public Benefit Corporation has secured over $100 million in a...

Recently, Senators filed another pair of marijuana amendments to a large-scale defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Cannabis-related amendments, proposed for the Senate version of the NDAA include legalizing medical cannabis for military veterans and pressuring the VA...

The House of Representatives approved two psychedelics research amendments and a measure requiring a military study into cannabis-related enforcement discrimination in the armed services, reported Marijuana Moment. One day after nine drug policy amendments to the National Defense...

On Friday, the Maryland House of Delegates approved a Senate-passed bill introduced by Sen. Sarah Elfreth (D) that would create a state fund to provide cost-free access to psychedelics for veterans, reported Marijuana Moment. SB 709 would establish a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and...

Veterans can use medical marijuana without losing their eligibility for care and services, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, reported KVIA.com In a post on the department’s website, the VA clarified that although marijuana use is still considered federally illegal, “...

The state of Georgia was shaken in April by news of two veterans dying by suicide in a two-day period. With both deaths occurring near hospitals servicing the Department of Veterans Affairs, the VA was very much in the spotlight, as the media and citizens tried to make sense of the far-...