Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have filed an amendment that would allow military veterans to receive recommendations for medical marijuana through their doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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 is expected to meet next week to decide which submitted amendments can be considered for floor votes.
The veterans medical marijuana amendment reads:
“SEC. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs in this Act may
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