Posted on 04/30/2015 7:21:39 PM PDT by markomalley
The GOP-controlled House Thursday barely rejected a bid by supporters of medical marijuana to permit veterans to receive information about the drug from their government doctors.
The 213-210 vote came on a failed amendment to a bill funding the budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The proposal by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., would have lifted a rule blocking VA doctors from discussing the pros or cons of medical pot. They would still not have been able to prescribe it. He said marijuana is less addicting and dangerous than drugs like opiates that are commonly prescribed.
"States are listening to their residents on the benefits of medical marijuana, including veterans, and are changing their laws," Blumenauer said. "It is unacceptable for our wounded warriors to be forced out of the VA system to simply seek a recommendation on whether or not medical marijuana is a good treatment option."
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The government shouldn’t be telling doctors what they can say to their patients.
From the way they talk about it you’d think that dope is some kind of miracle treatment for anything. What a crock.
IF it would help our warriors suffer less, it should be allowed. it’s the least they could get and it seems to wok for a number of different issues, including PTSD and some head injury issues.
PFL
It's the dumbest idea yet, since the vast majority of them had been regular users since their days in country, but the condition progressively worsened for years afterward.
“The government shouldn’t be telling doctors what they can say to their patients.”
Agreed. Since when do we think Congress knows more about medicine than doctors?
That's easy, since the implementation of socialist medicine. Ask any RAT.
The Democrats, awful as it seems, actually have it right on this one. The GOP is playing politics with the medical treatment of our soldiers.
It’s sickening on all sides.
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