John,

With medical marijuana legal in most states, more veterans than ever before are eligible to use cannabis therapeutically.

Unfortunately, many find it difficult or impossible to gain access to these life-saving programs because doctors within the Department of Veterans Affairs are prohibited from officially recommending medical cannabis to their patients.

This might be about to change.

Members of the House of Representatives have approved key military budget legislation containing an amendment introduced by Congressional Cannabis Caucus co-chairs David Joyce (R-OH) and Brian Mast (R-FL) allowing VA doctors to recommend medical cannabis to their patients in states where it is legal, and we need your help to convince the Senate to do the same.

Approximately one in ten military veterans acknowledge using cannabis and nearly half of them say that they do so for therapeutic purposes, such as mitigating chronic pain and symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Reducing their barriers to participation in state-legal medical marijuana programs will improve veterans’ lives and ensure that these patients are securing lab-tested cannabis products from state-licensed facilities rather than from the unregulated market.

Our veterans shouldn't have to suffer unnecessary roadblocks to effective treatment. Please use this pre-written letter to tell your Senators to include this provision in Veterans Affairs budget legislation.