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Vets using medical marijuana could lose VA prescriptions

By Take Two Staff
Published Sep 25, 2014
PHOENIX, AZ - MAY 08: Exterior view of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center on May 8, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Department of Veteran Affairs has come under fire after reports of the deaths of 40 patients forced to wait for medical care at the Phoenix VA hopsital. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Exterior view of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center on May 8, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Christian Petersen/Getty Images
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Vets using medical marijuana could lose VA prescriptions

In Arizona, medical marijuana has been legal since 2010.

But, veterans being treated at the Veterans Health Administration can’t use medical marijuana along with their other pain medicines, reports Alexandra Olgin, of KJZZ in Arizona.

That could have some serious consequences for some veterans.

Read the full story: Vets Using Medical Marijuana Could Lose VA Prescriptions