Veterans push for research, access to medical cannabis
Veterans push for research, access to medical cannabis
Focus on PTSD in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic adds urgency to calls for research into cannabis treatments for veterans
Rebekah F Ward
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ALBANY Glenda Tyson, a retired captain and New York Air National Guard nurse, didn’t go far from the military after her active duty was done. She took a nursing job at the Department of Veterans Affairs, treating other former service members.
Then, eight years ago, Tyson became a patient herself. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, or MS, she tried many treatments to slow the progress of the autoimmune disease attacking her central nervous system, and said her body “could not tolerate” the slew of drugs. That’s when she learned that her best friend’s mother, who also has MS, used cannabis to control her symptoms.
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