It’s Time to Step Up Support of Cannabis Treatment for Veterans June 16, 2021 Dana Shoched Medical Marijuana, Op-Ed 0 Comments National PTSD Awareness Month provides an opportunity to redouble industry efforts to help veterans gain access to needed treatment Despite the progress made nationwide on the advancement of cannabis as a treatment for pain, anxiety and depression, thousands of U.S.… Read More→
How Federal Marijuana Policy Is Pushing Veterans into the Black Market May 28, 2020 AggregatedNews Black Market 0 Comments A California group is fighting to end a federal prohibition that makes it impossible for veterans to get cannabis through the VA. Alex is 34 and lives outside of Sacramento. Like many Californians, he vapes marijuana concentrate for a variety… Read More→
D.C. Policy Summit – Researchers Working on First-Ever Federally-Approved Medical Marijuana Study Fighting to Overcome Significant DEA, NIDA Obstacles December 4, 2017 David Hodes Compliance and Regulations, Lab Testing 0 Comments The 10th Annual DuPont Summit on Science, Technology and Environment Policy held in Washington, D.C. on December 1 is usually reserved for issues like equitable access to broadband technology or building sustainability in policy or cybersecurity risk management. This year,… Read More→
Yale Study Questions If Marijuana Should Be Used to Treat PTSD October 28, 2015 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments While medical marijuana is approved for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in Connecticut and at least eight other states, a study by Yale School of Medicine psychiatrists concludes pot may in fact worsen symptoms of PTSD. Dr. Samuel Wilkinson, a… Read More→
Colorado Board Votes Against Adding Cannabis to Treatments For PTSD July 16, 2015 John Hollon News & Insights 0 Comments The Colorado Board of Health voted 6-2 — amid shouts, hisses and boos from a packed house — not to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the medical conditions that can be treated under the state's medical marijuana program. The board… Read More→