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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs should allow its doctors to discuss and recommend medical marijuana as a treatment option in New York and other states where it has been legalized, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said Sunday.
The agency’s prohibition, which is up for renewal Monday should end, she said.
“This VA rule is discriminating against our veterans,” Gillibrand said at a Manhattan news conference with former members of the armed forces, physicians and other advocates.
“Instead of giving our veterans this modern treatment option, we are instead letting antiquated ideology get in the way of scientific progress.”
Several veterans testified to medical marijuana’s health benefits, saying it treated their post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic migraines and other combat-related ailments while reducing their dependence on opioid prescription pills.
“I would not be here without cannabis,” said retired U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Mark DiPasquale, co-founder of the Veterans Cannabis Collective....
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