House Approves Spending Bill with Amendments for Veteran Medical Cannabis Treatments
On July 26, the U.S. House of Representatives approved amendments and added a large spending bill. Among those amendments was an addition […]
Category: VA
Senate Committee Approves Bill Allowing VA To Recommend Pot to Veterans in Legal States
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill last Thursday that includes an amendment allowing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) […]
House Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan Veterans Equal Access Act
Two House lawmakers on Thursday refiled bipartisan legislation to provide military veterans access to medical marijuana. The bill, the Veterans Equal Access […]
Veterans Affairs Researchers Embrace Psychedelics for Military Vets
According to The New York Times, the last time that Veterans Affairs (VA) explored psychedelics as a medical treatment was in 1963. […]
New VA Veteran Suicide Program Won’t Allow Cannabis as Treatment
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a notice on March 10 on the Federal Register, introducing a new effort to help […]
VA Committee Recommends Medical Cannabis Research Bill to House
On November 4, the House Veterans Affairs Committee passed a bill that would allow the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to […]
First in the South – Virginia’s Legalization Focuses on Public Safety, Health and Social Justice
With the signing of the Cannabis Control Act (the Act) on April 21, 2021, Virginia became the first southern state to legalize […]