PTSD

Veterans gathered earlier this month outside the old veterans’ hall in Santa Cruz, Calif. A local nonprofit group distributes medical marijuana to veterans who cannot get it through the V.A. […]

Leafly / By DAVID HODES / February 28, 2018 Denise Rohan, the national commander of the American Legion, is scheduled to testify before a joint session of the House and […]

Data has been released from a study of hundreds of PTSD patients in Israel. Cannabis Business Times / By Melissa Schiller / Nov 27, 2017 Tikun Olam, an Israeli medical marijuana […]

IBT / By Pritha Paul / Nov. 10, 2017 Recognizing the benefits of cannabis in successfully combating post-traumatic stress disorder, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Saturday [...]

New York Times / By REGGIE UGWU / NOV. 3, 2017 Among critics of the federal prohibition of marijuana — a diverse and bipartisan group that includes both criminal justice reform advocates and […]

The New York Times / By THOMAS JAMES BRENNAN/ SEPT. 1, 2017 The explosion that wounded me during a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan in 2010 left me with a traumatic brain injury […]

The Cannabist/ By Bruce Kennedy / August 29, 2017 Medical cannabis proponents say assistance from VA could jump-start a pioneering clinical study of cannabis in treating PTSD in veterans The [...]

More than 20 states — plus Washington, D.C., and two U.S. territories — have an allowance for medical marijuana to be used in treating PTSD. Efforts are underway to add […]

The first participant in a clinical trial designed to evaluate the effectiveness of smoking marijuana to treat PTSD in veterans was given cannabis on Monday, according to the organization [...]

The American Legion passed more than 300 resolutions at the 98th National Convention in Cincinnati last August, but one drew more attention than others. The Legion’s TBI/PTSD Committee, led by [...]