Rumblings of possible marijuana legalization felt as Wyoming House talk veteran mental health, PTSD By Brendan LaChance on February 3, 2021
A marijuana legalization supporter at rally outside the Wyoming Capitol. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City File)
CASPER, Wyo. The marijuana legalization debate is being felt in various corners of the Wyoming Legislature during their 2021 General Session.
House Bill 82, sponsored by six legislators, has been received for introduction in the Wyoming House of Representatives. The bill would task the Wyoming Department of Health with conducting a report that would “identify medical conditions that are, according to medical evidence, likely to benefit from treatment with medical marijuana.”
Requiring VA to offer oxygen therapy could benefit ~2,200 in Wyoming suffering traumatic brain injuries By Brendan LaChance on January 27, 2021
CY Middle School students brave punishing winds for a brief Veterans Day parade on Nov. 11, 2020, in Casper. Several vehicles driven by veterans drove by the student body, who lined up and waved flags in front of the school. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City)
CASPER, Wyo. Roughly 2,200 active military members and veterans in Wyoming could benefit from hyperbaric oxygen therapy aimed at treating traumatic brain injuries.
Freshaman Wyoming Rep. Marshall Burt (House District 39) said on Wednesday that the treatment doesn’t treat people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) alone, but that evidence suggests it can help with PTSD if the PTSD is associated with a traumatic brain injury.