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VA Calls For Amending Medical Marijuana Bill, Rejects Psychedelics Proposal
Friday, March 22, 2024 - 4:10pm | 696The House Veterans' Affairs Health subcommittee discussed several bills this week, including two measures concerning medical marijuana and psychedelics for veterans and heard testimony from veterans service organizations advocating for the reforms. The Veterans Cannabis Analysis, Research and...
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Bipartisan Effort Seeks Legal Cannabis For Veterans Through VA: Doctors Should Decide What's Best For Each Patient
Monday, December 18, 2023 - 9:53am | 588Bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter Friday to House appropriators urging them to maintain protections (contained in a spending bill) enabling physicians with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recommend medical marijuana to veterans in states with legal cannabis programs...
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Medical Marijuana For Military Veterans: Where We Stand
Monday, June 3, 2019 - 3:01pm | 1037By Calum Hughes. The relationship between marijuana use and PTSD is one of the most confounding topics in science. Every day, conflicting studies come out with opposite claims on marijuana’s safety and uses. It’s safe to say that marijuana as a treatment for veterans suffering from PTSD...