Congress Gives Thumbs-Up to VA Doctors on Medical Pot
But Vets Will Still Smoke at White House
Marijuana reform advocates celebrated Thursday as Congress approved a spending bill amendment aiming to allow Veterans Health Administration doctors to authorize medical pot use for patients – but activists pressing for deeper reform still intend to smoke illegally and lay in the street in acts of civil disobedience near the White House on Friday.
The legislative win follows a Senate committee’s April passage of the same amendment in a 20-10 vote. The House’s Thursday vote, 233-189, featured 57 Republicans joining all but five Democrats in favor. Last year, the House narrowly rejected the measure, but the Senate then passed it as part of the underlying bill and did so again Thursday.
The anticipated reform comes after Congress in 2014 and again last year banned the Justice Department and its subsidiaries – including the FBI and DEA – from using appropriated funds to undermine state medical marijuana programs. The
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