MILITARY - VETERANS and CANNABINOIDS:
VA and Marijuana – What Veterans need to know: https://www.publichealth.va.gov/marijuana.asp (Veterans will not be denied VA benefits because of marijuana use.)
Resources: This is a non-comprehensive list, according to Stanley Adkins, II from the Leaf Learning Series, "If you see and unmet need, it may be up to you to start a chapter in your area...Engage your activism"
- Cannamedic, Stanley Atkins II, U.S. Navy Veteran
- Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access, Michael Krawoitz, U.S. Air Force Retired
- Veterans Health Solutions, Life Griffith, MSM, 19 year, U.S. Army Veteran
- Weed for Warriors
- Veterans for Natural Rights, Matthew Kahl
- Robert Kowalski, US Air Force, resource for accessibility issues in the state of Ohio and elsewhere.
Journal Articles:
- Cannabis shows potential for treating PTSD: New study: https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/9681557-cannabis-shows-potential-for-treating-ptsd-new-study/
- 2020
- Development of a Cannabis Assessment Tool (CAT-1) to measure current and lifetime marijuana use among older Veterans. (USA, full, 2020) https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/1/e034274.long
- Cannabinoids as an Emerging Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Substance Use Disorders. (Canada, abstract, 2020) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31895187/
- Clinician Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Regarding Cannabis: Results from a National Veterans Health Administration Survey. (USA, abstract, 2020) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31909803/
- 2019
- Congress Discusses Veterans’ Access to Medical Marijuana. (news – 2019)
https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/article/congress-discusses-veterans-access-to-medical-marijuana/ - Texas’ New Medical Marijuana Law Doesn’t Cover Veterans Suffering from PTSD (news – 2019) https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-new-medical-marijuana-law-doesnt-cover-veterans-suffering-from-ptsd/
- Marijuana-PTSD study concludes after 10 years of planning, research. (news – 2019)
https://www.stripes.com/marijuana-ptsd-study-concludes-after-10-years-of-planning-research-1.570986 - Veterans and post-traumatic stress: Is medical marijuana the answer? (news – 2019)
https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/360/veterans-and-post-traumatic-stress-is-medical-marijuana-the-answer - Medical Marijuana Redux. (USA, article, 2019) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6368053/
- Differential Impact According to Mission's Operational Intensity on Psychoactive Substance Use: A Retrospective Cohort of French Male Army Service Members. (France, abstract, 2019) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30648459/
- A cross-sectional examination of choice and behavior of veterans with access to free medicinal cannabis. (USA, abstract, 2019) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31135227/
- Endogenous cannabinoid levels and suicidality in combat veterans. (USA/ Canada, abstract, 2019) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178119315173?via%3Dihub
- Social isolation as a promising animal model of PTSD comorbid suicide: neurosteroids and cannabinoids as possible treatment options. (USA, abstract, 2019) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278584618305839
- A longitudinal examination of daily patterns of cannabis and alcohol co-use among medicinal and recreational veteran cannabis users. (USA, abstract, 2019) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376871619304387
- Prevalence and Severity of Alcohol and Cannabis Use Across the Urban-Rural Continuum in the Michigan National Guard. (USA, abstract, 2019) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31840327/
- 2018
- Army: Vaping oils blamed for 2 deaths, 60 hospitalizations. (synthetics) (news – 2018)
https://krcrtv.com/news/nation-world/army-vaping-oils-blamed-for-2-deaths-60-hospitalizations - They used to get free or low-cost marijuana to help with their cancer. Not anymore.
(news – 2018) https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article203196174.html - The VA May Soon Be Forced Into Medical Marijuana Research. Finally. (news – 2018)
https://taskandpurpose.com/va-medical-marijuana-research/ - Medicinal cannabis use can help mitigate symptoms of PTSD, study says. (news – 2018)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-medicinal-cannabis-use-can-help-mitigate-symptoms-of-ptsd-study-says/ - Military will restrict members’ marijuana use — but won’t ban it completely. (Canada)
(news – 2018) https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/armed-forces-marijuana-policy-1.4698749 - Veterans are left out of medical marijuana protections. (news – 2018)
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/394083-veterans-are-left-out-of-medical-marijuana-protections - Medical Marijuana: Can vets grow their own medicine? (news – 2018)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/medical-marijuana-can-vets-grow-their-own - Veterans Deserve Cannabis. Here’s How You Can Help. (news – 2018)
https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/help-veterans-get-medical-marijuana-access - Canada’s military unveils rules governing troop cannabis use. (news – 2018)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/canadas-military-unveils-rules-governing-troop-cannabis-171601288.html - When It Comes to Medical Marijuana, Veterans Often Have to Improvise. (news – 2018)
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/09/02/when-it-comes-medical-marijuana-veterans-often-have-improvise.html - As Vets Demand Cannabis for PTSD, Science Races to Unlock Its Secrets (news – 2018) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/as-vets-demand-cannabis-for-ptsd-science-races-to-unlock-its-secrets/
- Use of Protective Behavioral Strategies among Young Adult Veteran Marijuana Users. (USA, full, 2018) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5947861/
- A review of medical marijuana for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Real symptom re-leaf or just high hopes? (USA, full, 2018) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6007739/
- Daily patterns of marijuana and alcohol co-use among individuals with alcohol and cannabis use disorders. (USA, full, 2018) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5984172/
- Medicinal versus Recreational Cannabis Use among Returning Veterans. (USA, full, 2018) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6037171/
- Regular past year cannabis use in women veterans and associations with sexual trauma. (USA, full, 2018) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716375/
- Prevalence of Substance Use among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in Military Families: Findings from the California Healthy Kids Survey. (USA, abstract, 2018) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29303404/
- The Walking Wounded: Emerging Treatments for PTSD. (USA, abstract, 2018) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11920-018-0941-8
- 2017
- Italy’s military ‘narcos’ cook up cannabis cures (news–2017) https://www.yahoo.com/news/italys-military-narcos-cook-cannabis-cures-034305374.html
- Medical marijuana status incidental to busted veterans (news–2017) http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/medical-marijuana-status-incidental-to-busted-veterans/article_f1f91a97-d1dc-526e-b417-bd55e943b513.html
- Veterans Fight for the Right to Free Marijuana (news–2017) http://www.laweekly.com/news/grow-for-vets-helps-veterans-fight-for-rights-to-free-marijuana-8029507
- A Veteran Returned Home With PTSD And Pain, So He Became A Medical Marijuana Patient (news–2017) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/leo-bridgewater-medical-marijuana-vets-ptsd_us_58fe630fe4b018a9ce5dd083
- Las Vegas’ latest marijuana trend: enhanced yoga. (news – 2017)
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/jun/05/las-vegas-latest-weed-trend-marijuana-and-yoga/ - Marijuana Poll: Military Veterans Strongly Support Legal Access. (news – 2017)
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-poll-military-veterans-strongly-support-legal-access/ - DoD members liable for use, possession of marijuana. (news – 2017)
https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/military/vandenberg/dod-members-liable-for-use-possession-of-%09marijuana/article_40d6434b-aadd-5045-9fce-e19f3ac9b0b5.html - Consequences of pot program cuts ‘should be alarming,’ says veteran with PTSD.
(Canada) (news – 2017) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/medical-marijuana-program-veterans-affairs-fabian-henry-ptsd-1.4119940 - New Policy Lets V.A. Docs Talk to Veterans About Medical Marijuana Use (news – 2017) https://reason.com/2017/12/20/new-policy-lets-va-docs-talk-to-veterans
- PTSD and Cannabis-Related Coping Among Recent Veterans in New York City. (USA, full, 2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5475281/
- Synthetic Pot: Not Your Grandfather's Marijuana. (USA, full, 2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5329767/
- Association of Cannabis, Stimulant, and Alcohol use with Mortality Prognosis Among HIV-Infected Men. (USA, full, 2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5881942/
- Factors associated with substance use among Spanish military personnel involved in "Bosnia-Herzegovina". (Spain, link to PDF in English, abstract in Spanish, 2017) https://adicciones.es/index.php/adicciones/article/view/734
- Medicinal versus recreational cannabis use: Patterns of cannabis use, alcohol use, and cued-arousal among veterans who screen positive for PTSD. (USA, abstract, 2017) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306460317300072
- 2016
- Not Able To Get Medical Marijuana Through The VA, Veterans Struggle With Cost,
Confusion (Boston news–2016) http://www.wbur.org/all-things-considered/2016/02/04/veterans-medical-marijuana - VA docs to be able to recommend marijuana in some states (news–2016) http://www.militarytimes.com/story/veterans/2016/05/19/congress-votes-let-va-docs-recommend-marijuana-some-states/84589708/
- Veterans’ cry: ‘I found marijuana, and it saved me’ (news–2016) http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article91397467.html
- The stoned soldiers of Santa Cruz (news–2016) http://mashable.com/2016/04/04/veterans-cannabis-santa-cruz/#dFxkfom5akqO
- Veterans are using pot to erase PTSD, despite scant research (news–2016) http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/03/22/veterans-are-using-pot-to-erase-ptsd-despite-scant-research.html
- Wild Bill Donovan’s Truth Drug: THC Acetate (news–2016) http://www.beyondthc.com/wild-bill-donovans-truth-drug-thc-acetate/
- Marijuana and the Developing Brain (news–2016) http://www.beyondthc.com/marijuana-and-the-developing-brain-2/
- Nonprofit provides free medical marijuana to California vets (news–2016) http://www.stripes.com/news/us/nonprofit-provides-free-medical-marijuana-to-california-vets-1.424861
- Alaska soldiers barred from events promoting marijuana (news–2016) http://www.stripes.com/news/alaska-soldiers-barred-from-events-promoting-marijuana-1.430531
- FACT CHECK: Are VA doctors prohibited from recommending medical marijuana? (news–2016) http://www.abc15.com/news/state/fact-check-are-va-doctors-prohibited-from-recommending-medical-marijuana
- Military weighs mellower marijuana restrictions for recruits (news–2016) http://wqad.com/2016/11/02/military-weighs-mellower-marijuana-restrictions-for-recruits/
- For Colorado veterans, marijuana a controversial treatment (news–2016) https://www.abqjournal.com/887876/for-colorado-veterans-marijuana-a-controversial-treatment.html
- Veterans Meet in Austin to Demand Passage of an All-Inclusive Medical Marijuana Policy in Texas (news–2016) http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/veterans-meet-in-austin-to-demand-passage-of-an-all-inclusivemedical-marijuana-policy-in-texas-8902310
- Cannabis Makes up 22% of Canadian Veteran Drug Payments (news–2016) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/cannabis-veterans-drug-payments-1.3598954
- Cannabis use among Navy personnel in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional study. (Sri Lanka, full, 2016) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4794863/
- Associations of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms With Marijuana and Synthetic Cannabis Use Among Young Adult U.S. Veterans: A Pilot Investigation. (USA, full, 2016) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869907/
- Cannabis for posttraumatic stress disorder: A neurobiological approach to treatment. (USA, full, 2016) https://journals.lww.com/tnpj/Fulltext/2016/01000/Cannabis_for_posttraumatic_stress_disorder__A.6.aspx
- 2015
- Veterans Health Administration Policy on Cannabis as an Adjunct to Pain Treatment with Opiates (article–2015) http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2015/06/pfor2-1506.html
- Medical Marijuana Vapour Room Set To Serve Veterans With PTSD (news–2015)
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/21/marijuana-for-trauma-vapur-room-newbrunswick_n_6512026.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-business&ir=Canada+Business - The Benefits of Cannabis and Phantom Limb Pain (news–2015)
http://outcoca.blogspot.com/2015/05/Cannabis-phantom-limb-veterans.html - Former U.S. Marine starts campaign to raise awareness of overmedication of veterans (news–2015) http://globalnews.ca/news/2065096/former-u-s-marine-starts-campaign-to-raise-awareness-ofovermedication-of-veterans/
- Granola bars contain hemp seeds, Army warns (news–2015) http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/08/12/army-strong-and-kind-bars-hempseeds/31526589/
- Legalized Marijuana Presents Recruiting Dilemma for US Military (news–2015) http://sanford.duke.edu/articles/legalized-marijuana-presents-recruiting-dilemma-us-military
- Despite Support By Experts, Marijuana Still Unavailable To Most Veterans With PTSD (news–2015) http://www.mintpressnews.com/despite-support-by-experts-marijuana-still-unavailable-to-most-veteranswith-ptsd/207720/
- Could Pot Help Veterans With PTSD? (news–2015) http://www.newsweek.com/pot-and-ptsd-358139
- Marijuana and the Developing Brain (news–2015) http://www.apa.org/monitor/2015/11/marijuana-brain.aspx
- Lip balm containing pot ingredient thrown out at air base (news–2015) https://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2015-12-18/lip-balm-containing-pot-ingredient-thrown-out-at-air-base
- Why Aren’t American Veterans Allowed to Treat Their PTSD with Medical Marijuana? (news–2015) https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wd43z4/when-will-americas-war-veterans-with-ptsd-get-weed-126
- Prevalence of psychotropic drug use in military police units. (Brazil, full in English, link to PDF in Potuguese, 2015) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-81232015000601843&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en
- Use and effects of cannabinoids in military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. (USA, click “semanticscholar” for download, 2015) https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Use+and+effects+of+cannabinoids+in+military+veterans+with+posttraumatic+stress+disorder+%22&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart
- The efficacy of nabilone, a synthetic cannabinoid, in the treatment of PTSD-associated nightmares: A preliminary randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over design study. (Canada, summary, 2015) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306453014004132
- Difficulties in emotion regulation are associated with panic symptom severity following a quit attempt among cannabis dependent veterans. (USA, abstract, 2015) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25034429/
- The prospective effects of perceived and laboratory indices of distress tolerance on cannabis use following a self-guided quit attempt. (USA, abstract, 2015) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26727009/
- 2014
- Marijuana: Italian Army to Grow Cannabis for Medical Purposes (news–2014) https://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-italian-army-medical-marijuana.html
- 2013
- Combat veterans testify that medical pot helps with their PTSD (news–2013) http://kval.com/news/health/combat-veterans-testify-that-medical-pot-helps-with-their-ptsd
- Synthetic Marijuana Added to Defense Department Drug Testing (news–2013) http://www.drugfree.org/news-service/synthetic-marijuana-added-to-defense-department-drug-testing/
- A Cannabinoid That Looks Like THC Could Be Key To Diagnosing PTSD (news–2013) http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-05/biomarker-could-diagnose-ptsd
- 2010
- V.A. Easing Rules for Users of Medical Marijuana (news–2010) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/health/policy/24veterans.html
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