A Great Injustice: Veterans and Medical Cannabis Access
As more states move towards legalizing marijuana for adult use, people tend to forget that, for many people suffering from debilitating diseases, even basic access to medical cannabis remains a major challenge. Nowhere is this injustice more clear than in the case of military veterans.
Cannabis has been used for its medicinal purposes for thousands of years, and modern studies have confirmed its healing properties. It has been shown to be effective for treating AIDS, multiple sclerosis, pain, glaucoma, Crohn’s disease, epilepsy, cancer and more. Furthermore, our bodies are hard-wired for cannabis, and one of the leading researchers on the endocannabinoid system even has a laboratory here at UCI.
Yet, doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are prohibited from recommending medical marijuana to their patients, as marijuana is a federally-illegal substance and the VA is a federal agency; a position the VA affirmed in a 2011 Directive. That...
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