Veterans who use medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder are having to go outside the network of clinics sanctioned by Veterans Affairs to get the drug due to concerns by doctors at the clinics about its effectiveness. The department has struggled with its policy on medical marijuana for veterans. Now he's the founder of Marijuana for Trauma, a company with 15 locations to help veterans access medical marijuana across the country. Fabian Henry says it's unfair that he and other veterans cannot get medical marijuana prescriptions from Veterans Affairs-sanctioned clinics. Limited accessVeterans are able to access medical marijuana for mental-health illnesses from physicians outside of the Veterans Affairs network.

Source: CBC News September 01, 2017 09:00 UTC