A Democratic congressman says that it’s time for Congress to give the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) a mandate to study the benefits and risks of marijuana for military veterans.
At a Member Day hearing before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Thursday, Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) urged the panel to advance his bipartisan bill, the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act.
Back when he was serving in the California legislature, Correa said veterans started approaching him—”slowly, gradually but firmly”—and describing their struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and their desire to use cannabis as an alternative to the traditional pharmaceuticals they were being prescribed.
“So throughout the years, I’ve worked on the VA essentially doing research into what cannabis is good for and what it’s not good for,” he said. “It’s not up to Lou or to us to determine what our veterans need or want. It’s up to them to tell us what they need. And the vast majority of veterans, in my opinion, are using cannabis.”
“All my legislation asks for is for the VA to do some research into what is cannabis good for and what is it not good for. We’re simply
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