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Vets using medical marijuana could lose VA prescriptions
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Sep 25, 2014
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Vets using medical marijuana could lose VA prescriptions
Veterans being treated at the Veterans Health Administration can’t use medical marijuana (despite its legal medicinal use) along with their other pain medicines.
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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Veterans being treated at the Veterans Health Administration can’t use medical marijuana (despite its legal medicinal use) along with their other pain medicines.

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