2020 Veterans and Medical Cannabis Roundtable Discussion

To commemorate Veteran’s Day, Americans for Safe Access and key veterans groups across the U.S. decided to host a medical cannabis roundtable event on November 10, 2020. Featuring panelists include:

• Representative Lou Correa, responsible for the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act
• Michael Krawitz, Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access
• Matt Zorn, Attorney pro bono working on behalf of Sue Sisley’s veteran research case
• Todd Scattini, CEO Harvest360
• Cherissa Jackson, AMVETS
• Eryck Stamper, Veterans22 Initiative
• Abbie Bennett, award-winning journalist at Connecting Vets
• Jose Belen, Florida Mission Zero
• Dr. Philip Blair, Chief Medical Advisor, Harvest 360
• Todd Larkin, Texoma Veterans Alliance

This veteran-led discussion covered topics like:

• Medical cannabis use among veterans in the U.S. Barriers to medical cannabis access among this group
• Federal medical cannabis legislation for veterans
• Policies the public and private sector can enact now to help veterans gain better access to medical cannabis such as discounted medicine and medical cards
• Interactions between cannabis and other common medications
• Advocating at the Department of Defense and Veteran's Affairs
• Employment challenges for veterans

For more information including speaker biographies and selected resources please refer to the program guide.

Thanks to our event sponsors at:

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