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