POLITICSBernie Sanders Wants To Legalize Medical Marijuana For Military Veterans

[Hassin Bin Sober]

POLITICSBernie Sanders Wants To Legalize Medical Marijuana For Military Veterans

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/bernie-sanders-wants-to-legalize-medical-marijuana-for-military-veterans/

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) signed onto a bill on Thursday that would effectively legalize medical marijuana for military veterans.

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, who has backed broader cannabis reform measures as well, cosponsored the legislation, which in addition to providing a federal “safe harbor” for veterans to use and possess cannabis in legal states would also allow doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recommend medical cannabis to their patients.

If the bill is enacted, it “shall not be unlawful” for veterans to “use, possess, or transport medical marijuana in a State or on Indian land if the use, possession, or transport is authorized and in accordance with the law of the applicable State or Indian Tribe.”

The text also lists “findings” related to the proposal, noting research that suggests cannabis can treat conditions that commonly afflict veterans and potentially serve as an alternative to prescription opioids.

[George II]

1. Nice that he signed on to the bill NINE months after Senator Brian Schatz introduced it in February.

I guess all those months he really didn't want to legalize medical marijuana for military veterans.

[bluedigger]

2. I guess the bill needed time to gestate.

[murielm99]

4. How does a bill gestate?

[Blue_true]

5. He needed to sleep on it. nt

[TexasTowelie]

3. I see that you are still catching up on articles that were previously posted by other members.

I guess there wasn't any other news from the Bernie camp?

[PhoenixDem]

6. This has been posted twice already n/t