Medical Marijuana Groups Say Increase in Veterans' Pot Claims No Shock
Two of the leading Canadian companies that help veterans file reimbursement claims for medicinal marijuana say the spike in payments from the federal government over the past couple of years comes as no surprise.
Trauma Healing Centers and Marijuana for Trauma were responding to Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr launching an internal program review.
CBC News reported Monday that Hehr wants answers following a nearly 12-fold increase in the number of veterans turning to the government to pay for their medically prescribed marijuana since 2013-2014.
Hehr said he was shocked to find there was "no policy developed by the former government around the use of medical marijuana."
"What we have to look at is best practices around the world; what other militaries are doing and veterans' communities," he said. "At the end of the day, we have to look at this with science, reason and common sense."
In 2013-14, Veterans Affairs paid out $409,000 for medical marijuana prescriptions, according to figures provided...
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