Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2014. Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer, along with eleven co-sponsors, has introduced legislation in Congress to allow physicians at the US Department of Veterans Affairs to recommend cannabis therapy.
H.R. 5762, the Veterans Equal Access Act, authorizes Department of Veterans Affairs health care practitioners to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs. Under present federal law, VA doctors are prohibited from making such recommendations, even in instances where their patients reside in a state that permits the legal use of cannabis.
Six Republicans and six Democrats are sponsoring the bill, which has been referred to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Health.
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