At-Large Republican Alaska Congressman Don Young and other congressional lawmakers want the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow patients access to medical cannabis.
According to a news release from Don Young’s office, the “cannabis caucus” say the change would help address opioid addiction and manage PTSD and other issues and sent a letter to the Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough.
In the letter, the lawmakers say “America’s veterans have risked life and limb to preserve our freedoms -- so we must not allow the unnecessary politicization of medical cannabis to hinder their life-saving therapies.”