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  Texas: Medical Cannabis Bill Supported by Majority of House, Moves Forward

  May 8, 2017 at 2:58 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

  UPDATE: After a big bipartisan push on and off the House floor Friday, Public Health Committee Chair Four Price, R-Amarillo, called an impromptu meeting to vote on HB 2107 just before 5 p.m. The bill passed 7-2, with Price and Representative Stephanie Klick, R-Fort Worth, opposing. The measure now advances to the calendars committee, where Chair Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, can schedule the bill for debate on the House floor. The House has until May 11 to consider the legislation. ORIGINAL [...]

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  Congress Denies US Veterans Access to Medical Cannabis

  June 29, 2016 at 2:56 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  As suicide rates and rampant opioid addiction and abuse plagues our bravest and brightest, US elected officials have stabbed Veterans in the back yet again.  How long will the men and women that place their life on the line for Freedom be denied safe access to medical marijuana?   (Congress Denies US Veterans Access to Medical Cannabis – Weed Finder™ News)

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  House Approves Amendment Allowing VA Doctors to Recommend Cannabis to Veterans

  May 19, 2016 at 1:43 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  Earlier today, the House of Representatives has voted to allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana to US military veterans in all states with pre-existing laws for medical cannabis. Members voted 233 to 189 today in favor of the Veterans Equal Access Amendment, offered by Rep. Blumenauer (D-OR) to the Fiscal Year 2017 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, that prohibits the federal government from sanctioning V.A. physicians who wish to recommend cannabis therapy to their patients. This [...]

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  Cannabis Causes 75% Reduction in PTSD Symptoms

  January 13, 2015 at 12:49 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Medical Marijuana

  Tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). So do millions of other Americans. The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that more than 5 million people suffer from PTSD in a given year. New clinical research suggests there is something that can help: Marijuana. Yep, you read that right. The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs this week published results from a New Mexico study that found patients reported an average 75% reduction [...]

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  The 50-Year-Old Agreement Preventing Marijuana from Treating PTSD

  March 15, 2014 at 8:19 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  Dr. Sue Sisley does not smoke weed. As a researcher and professor at the University of Arizona, Sisley additionally works as a psychiatrist and physician for veterans grappling with post-traumatic stress disorder. During her time at the lab, Sisley has exhausted the options available to her by way of legal treatments for PTSD. Along the way, she’s discovered that the only medicine that seems to help dampen her patients’ demons is marijuana. Ever since, Sisley has tried her damnedest to procure some research-grade cannabis. But she’s failed and that’s not surprising. Here’s the rub: When [...]

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• Veterans Using Marijuana to Ease PTSD Symptoms

  February 21, 2014 at 4:00 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  A growing number of veterans suffering from PTSD are using medical marijuana to ease their symptoms even though they risk violating federal drug laws. “It helps. It just soothes you. It’s nice to know it’s something organic,” said a soldier enrolled in New Mexico’s medical marijuana program. His family does not want his name used because they live in a small town and fear there’s a stigma attached to using marijuana. The 26-year-old combat veteran served in the Army from [...]

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  Oregon Begins Allowing Medical Marijuana for PTSD

  January 8, 2014 at 5:14 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Cannabis Reviews, Hemp, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

  Some Oregon lawmakers had said they feared that allowing medical marijuana cardholders to use pot for post-traumatic stress disorder would lead to widespread abuse, but the initial signup doesn’t bear that out. The law went into effect Jan. 1, and applicants had 90 days before that to apply. Fewer than 100 have, the Salem Statesman Journal (http://stjr.nl/19b0k6R) reported. “We can’t provide an exact number because it’s low enough to where we risk identifying people,” said Jonathan Modie, spokesman for the [...]

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  Study Shows Benefits of Medical Marijuana for Post Traumatic Stress

  May 23, 2013 at 10:37 am / Cannabis Events, Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

  Brain imaging research published this month in the journal Molecular Psychiatry provides physiological evidence as to why cannabis may mitigate certain symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Post-traumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that is estimated to impact some eight million Americans annually. Yet, to date, there are no pharmaceutical treatments specifically designed or approved to target symptoms of PTSD. Investigators at the New York University School of Medicine and the New York University Langone Medical Center, Steven and Alexandra Cohen Veterans Center for the Study of Post-Traumatic [...]

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