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American Legion: The DEA Should Reclassify Marijuana To Help Treat PTSD

The American Legion is calling for the federal government to re-schedule marijuana so that any potential medicinal effects can be studied. 

A resolution passed last week at the American Legion's national convention implores the federal government to license privately-funded medical marijuana production and to recognize any medicinal value marijuana may have, particularly in the treatment of PTSD and traumatic brain injuries.

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RESOLVED, By The American Legion in National Convention assembled in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 30, 31, September 1, 2016, that The American Legion urge the Drug Enforcement Agency to license privately-funded medical marijuana production operations in the United States to enable safe and efficient cannabis drug development research; and, be it finally,

RESOLVED, That The American Legion urge Congress to amend legislation to remove Marijuana from schedule I and reclassify it in a category that, at a minimum will recognize cannabis as a drug with potential medical value.

Currently, VA doctors cannot discuss or recommend medical marijuana to their patients. The very first study of marijuana as a treatment for PTSD was recently green-lit.

Back in August, the government declined to re-schedule marijuana. Despite the thousands of people who use marijuana to treat illnesses, the government still has the drug listed as a Schedule 1 substance with no medicinal value. Cocaine, OxyContin, and meth are all Schedule 2 drugs. The DEA did, however, loosen some rules related to research.

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Several states will vote this November to legalize marijuana for recreational and medicinal uses.

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