Last week, the Republicans flexed their muscle when it comes to marijuana. The Equal Access Amendment to the Veterans Appropriations bill that would have made it easier for veterans to get medical marijuana was defeated on April 29 by a vote of 210-213. The pro-medical marijuana amendment was killed along party lines in the House of Representatives.
Rep. John Fleming a Republican from Louisiana said during the House Session, “Smoking pot increases the psychotic episodes by a factor of two to four times normal. The conversion to schizophrenia, a permanent mental disorder is enhanced by pot by a factor of two.” Fleming went on to say that pot is not accepted for any specific medical disease or disorder and that is was “insane” to give it to veterans with PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder). Apparently unaware that the FDA has been granting pharmaceutical companies approvals to study various forms of cannabis as a drug treatment and the U.S. Patent Office has been approving patents for strains of cannabis as drug treatments.
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