Veterans Medical Marijuana

The Cannabist Company has launched a donation drive through Veterans Day to benefit the Weed for Warriors Project (WFW), a nonprofit dedicated to supporting holistic care for veterans, including access to medical cannabis. This initiative spans 12 U.S. markets—California, Colorado, Delaware,...

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Martin Luther King, Jr. That silence sometimes doesn't come from a battle but from something more troubling – suicide. In 2023, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched emergency suicide...

The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs approved a pair of cannabis and psychedelics bills on Tuesday. Committee members unanimously voted in favor of both proposals as part of a package with other bills, reported Marijuana Moment. The news comes about a month after the House Veterans Affairs...

President Biden's recent pardon of thousands of people for use or possession of cannabis on federal lands and in DC does not apply to offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), a White House official told Military.com on Tuesday...

“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” Douglas McArthur  Numbers don’t lie. And numbers say that there were upwards of 6,000 veteran suicides annually between 2008 and...

Bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter Friday to House appropriators urging them to maintain protections (contained in a spending bill) enabling physicians with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recommend medical marijuana to veterans in states with legal cannabis programs...

Sen. Sherrod Brown Shares High Hopes For Cannabis Banking Bill Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D) recently shared his enthusiasm for the advancement of the revised Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act. A bipartisan cannabis banking bill is scheduled...

Rep. Blumenauer (D-OR) and Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) have reintroduced the Veterans Equal Access Act, which aims to grant military veterans access to medical marijuana. ‘Veterans Will Have Equal Access’, Mast Says "Rep. Blumenauer and I are introducing the Veterans Equal Access Act....