Hoping this is the last Veterans Day in which veterans lack equal access to medical marijuana

Because the US Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits its doctors to recommend medical marijuana to patients, current federal law essentially puts veterans last, not first, when it comes to access to medical marijuana.  Regular readers know I have regularly blogged about a range of issues relating to veterans and their access to marijuana (many posts on this topic are linked below).  I feel a genuine and deep debt to anyone and everyone who serves this nation through the armed forces, and I feel strongly that veterans should be able to have safe and legal access to any and every form of medicine that they and their doctors reasonably believe could help them with any ailments or conditions.

Especially in the wake of a big election in which so many Americans voted to allow greater legal access to marijuana, I hope that Veterans Day 2020 will be the last one in which veterans do not get the services and respect that they deserve in this arena.  Even though there are many issues that divide this nation, I would hope we can all come together to support treating veterans at least as well as other Americans when it comes to access to the medicine of their choice.

Some recent prior related posts:

• New American Legion survey documents strong support among veteran households for medical marijuana
• "As Trump wages war on legal marijuana, military veterans side with pot"
• "More and More US Veterans are Smoking Weed to Treat Their PTSD"
• Examining pot's potential for treatment of veterans' PTSD problems
• Will Prez-Elect Donald Trump make it legal and easier for veterans to have access to medical marijuana?
• American Legion urges federal government to reschedule marijuana
• Veterans group gets attention when urging Trump team to seek to reschedule marijuana
• American Legion, the largest US vets' organization, pressing Trump Administration on medical marijuana reform
• "Study: Can marijuana improve PTSD symptoms for veterans?"
• "Make Pot Legal for Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury"
• Interesting look at veterans getting involved in the marijuana industry
• Head of Veterans Affairs acknowledges marijuana may be "helpful" to veterans
• Disconcerting disconnect between Trumpian rhetoric and health care realities for veterans when medical marijuana involved
• "Land of the Free, Home of the (Disgruntled) Brave: The Case for Allowing Veterans Access to Medical Marijuana"