Marijuana Moment
A powerful House committee has approved amendments to a large-scale spending bill that would authorize U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors to issue medical marijuana recommendations to military veterans and support psychedelics research and access. The panel rejected another proposal to block cannabis testing for federal job applicants in states that have enacted legalization, however.
The House Rules Committee on Monday cleared the select drug policy reform amendments for floor votes during a hearing on the underlying Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies (MilConVA) appropriations legislation.
One of the accepted proposals from Reps. Brian Mast (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Dave Joyce (R-OH)—who together are the co-chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus—would allow veterans to access state medical marijuana programs and eliminate a VA directive barring the department’s doctors from issuing cannabis recommendations.
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