7 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT COLORADO’S REJECTION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR PTSD

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Earlier this month Colorado health officials voted 6 – 2 to reject medical cannabis as a legal treatment for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Here’s what you should know about the decision:

 

1. It’s the third ‘no’ vote

This is the third time Colorado health officials haverefused to put marijuana on an approved list of PTSD treatments, even though the health board has okayed medical marijuana as treatment for a variety of other conditions since 2001.

2. Medical marijuana is okay for general pain but not PTSD

Colorado doctors can currently recommend marijuana to patients for treatment of pain (93 percent of recommendations), cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, muscle spasms, severe nausea and multiple sclerosis, among otherconditions.

 3. Colorado lags behind other states here

It’s a bit counterintuitive that recreational marijuana islegal in Colorado, but medical marijuana for PTSD treatment has been rejected multiple times by...

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