VA Calls For Amending Medical Marijuana Bill, Rejects Psychedelics Proposal
The House Veterans’ Affairs Health subcommittee discussed several bills this week, including two measures concerning medical marijuana and psychedelics for veterans and heard testimony from veterans service organizations advocating for the reforms.
The Veterans Cannabis Analysis, Research and Effectiveness (CARE) Act called on the Veterans Administration (VA) to conduct and support research relating to the efficacy and safety of “forms of cannabis” -plants and extracts, different varieties of cannabis with different THC and CBD concentrations and different delivery methods- for chronic pain, PTSD and “other conditions the Secretary determines appropriate.”
The department would have to submit a research plan to VA committees in both chambers and make requests to support the studies; following enactment, it would have to send annual reports on progress for the following five years.
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As reported by Marijuana Moment, the VA’s Ajit Pai said that the department supports the bill “if amended, and subject …