Legal Related Veterans Who Want to Use Marijuana Just Got Some Great News by Sophia Vida June 08, 2018 The U.S. Senate panel has voted to allow doctors with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue medical marijuana recommendations to veterans. The vote came just a day after the House Rules Committee blocked floor votes ...
Legal Related VA Doctors are Blocked Again from Recommending Marijuana by Sophia Vida June 08, 2018 It's been two years in a row now that a House committee has blocked lawmakers from voting on a measure that could have allowed Department of Veterans Affairs doctors to recommend medical marijuana to patients in states where it is...
Trends & Articles The VA Will Not Study Medical Marijuana Benefits and Risks on Veterans by Sophia Vida January 17, 2018 This week the Department of Veterans Affairs has said that it would not be conducting research on veterans on whether or not medical marijuana can help them with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain. Departmen...
Trends & Articles Doctors Can Now Talk to Veterans about Marijuana by Sophia Vida January 09, 2018 For a long time veterans have been scared to tell doctors that they see from the Department of Veterans Affairs about their marijuana use. The policy has been "Don't ask, don't tell," but now this could change. Veterans may ...