A powerful congressional committee is allowing an amendment that would let military veterans receive recommendations for medical marijuana through their doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to advance to a vote on the House floor.
The proposal from Reps. Brian Mast (R-FL), Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Dina Titus (D-NV), if enacted, would prevent VA from enforcing a longstanding directive that has blocked its providers from assisting veterans with registering for state medical cannabis programs.
Under current policy, VA doctors can discuss marijuana use with their patients, but they cannot fill out forms to help them actually get legal access to cannabis. As a result, veterans need to seek outside, often expensive, services from separate providers instead of just being able to get assistance from their own doctors at VA.
That would change under the new amendment from the co-chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, which is being offered to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
The House Rules Committee on Tuesday determined that the proposal can be considered in floor votes, expected later this week.
The veterans medical marijuana amendment reads:
“SEC. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department
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