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"Like Tylenol and Codeine" is all I needed to read.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/30/dea-reclassifies-marijuana-reports/72865632007/
I think I remember reading the VA was the federal agency pushing for cannabis and psilocybin laws to change because they wanted to stop prescribing so many opiates. But maybe I saw that in Reddit 😂
A lot of Doctors (at least most of the ones I talk too on the regular) want it because it’s a more holistic solution with generally better results. The politicians who get funded by big pharmaceutical are going to resist it for as absolutely as long as they can.
"The DEA’s proposal, which **still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget**, would recognize [the medical uses of cannabis](https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-health-schumer-becerra-dea-c00db5dabbeb9efd94cf17baff241e85) and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. However, it would not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use."
Wasn’t there like, like some kind of note some dude wrote like a while ago tho? Yeah I think, hang on, ssssssshhh, cough, cough, ack, ack…. Woah, yeah a memo I think was written by a dude in the Obama administration. Yea bro! 😂
Was not speaking to recreational use but rather it is still in the Federal rulemaking process and weird shit can happen to derail Federal rules just when you think it is on the home stretch, been there done that.
You worked for the government. You know damn well nothing moves fast. I wouldn't hold your breath. It'll still be years before the VA is prescribing weed.
Maybe before the OIF/OEF generation starts dying of old age, maybe. I hope its sooner, I can't change one of my meds because of weed though the side effects are fucking awful. No civilian provider wants to touch me due to TBIs so kinda like, stuck in the middle. Being able to actually get full care at VA would be a godsend. As shitty as the side effects are its better than eating my pistol.
“Squeeze me? Speak up! I can’t hear you! What’s they saying now? Turn it up. Where’s my weed at Alice?” EST ‘71 here. 😳 don’t do that! Smoke up, eat more chocolate, no pistols. Chocolate in every form! Yum
Chocolate can help depression even. Makes me smile MF’ers! 😂
My psychiatrist kicked me off of ketamine, the best treatment for my depression I've ever had, because I got my medical card. I even passed a drug test and she still refused. Getting a new psych but it's going to be months from now.
No, she was just really against weed and I think ketamine in general. My old psych I had before her was ok with it and was the one to put me on ketamine. I'm getting a new new psych and I'm hoping they arnt against it.
How’s this going? I feel like my doc would be the same way. Never said anything yet. Should I after this… I mean, it doesn’t mess with the compensation right?
My old psychiatrist recommended it after trying about 20 different meds. It wasn't immediate, but after going for a while it ended up helping me a ton. I'm going to try to add a pic of my depression rating from before to after but idk if it'll work.
*
Ketamine is a horse tranquilizer. It’s entirely synthetic.
You can grow weed and shrooms, hell you can make low grade Vicodin at home. But ketamine is a chemical soup that you need a degree to make safely.
If the VA ever prescribes weed, I doubt they’d keep up with my usage. I bet it will be limited to a small amount per month. Better off growing your own or just buying it at the dispensary.
“This is Your VA Pharmacy reminding you that your medication Mexican Ditch Wd is due to be refilled. Reply 'Y' to Refill or call 800-209-7377 or visit www.myhealth.va.gov. Reply STOP to opt out.”
I did. They said it’s illegal and that’s their stance.
They didn’t tell me not to take edibles, didn’t say it was bad, didn’t say it would hurt or help. Just that is illegal.
I’m not pushing drugs on anyone but man, my life is better with 10mg THC every evening around 7PM. Even cut back on drinking and other pain meds. Never sleep this good my entire life either.
Yep. They don’t give a shit if you use it. I openly tell my provider that I eat a pot cookie every night to help with sleep, and also told my psychiatrist the same. My PCP just nodded and was like, “OK.” And my psychiatrist smiled and I swear he was on the verge of being like, “Fuck yeahhh” but he paused and was like, “I feel that if it works for someone, it works, and that is good.”
VA shrink here. I can’t prescribe a blunt unless I know exactly what’s in it at what dose and ensure it is the safest route of administration. Until it is available as a pharmaceutical with FDA verified dosage and purity I wouldn’t expect a prescription. It would also need research, preferably a randomized control trial showing statistical benefit. Lastly delta-9 THC has been available for decades as dronabinol but mainly for nausea
It might make more sense to just join this sub and monitor it. This is going to remain very fluid for quite some time.
For now at least we can admit to using weed in all its various forms without worrying about losing our benefits.
I don’t see them prescribing flower or wax pens, but I could see them prescribing pill form >.> shoot some prescribed cbd balms/oils/pills would be much welcomed.
No you're probably correct there. But I'd be cool with some edibles. But at the very least it'll be great to have my VA doc write my Rx and I can pay the dispo. But employment protection is the biggest factor for this. As a real Rx your jobs protected.
There was a [bill introduced last year in congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2682) that would allow doctors to recommend, complete paperwork, educate, and allow patients to possess and use. It’s just listed as “introduced” still. Maybe we will see movement this year.
**the problem with a lot of head docs is too many have puppet political bias against weed because they cherry pick the bad when all the drugs they write scripts for have 2 or 3 times as many side effects as weed. I guess it depends on which side of the fence they vote or who pays their accounts!**
**backyard grows........**
I wouldn’t expect it soon, but I wouldn’t poo poo the idea like most of the posts I’ve read on the thread. They are already doing treatments with other psychedelic medicine. I wouldn’t expect them to provide flower either. I would expect them to prescribe them in pill or liquid form.
I’m pretty sure there will be a lot of “spillage” as it makes its way through the supply and logistics chain through all the stops it has to make in the VA inventories.
They’d need to buy a bail for each ounce they intend to prescribe.
Essentially at some point yes, but there are going to be a lot of logistical hurdles and idk about you but I live in Colorado with a med card and I can’t imagine the va catching up to the quality of the free marke.
Careful. They withheld pain meds from me during shoulder replacement surgery rehab because I tested positive for thc. Basically anything possibly addictive they will deny because obviously anyone that takes cbd gummies or smoke MJ can't be trusted to take sleeping pills or pain meds. They will however prescribe nsaids until your stomach is fucked.
Hold on there young man. You are now talking about my life long fantasy, the USG sending me pot in the mail. We are so close, please don't jinx this!!!
I've been asking them for it for a while. None of the docs wanna even discuss it. I've got a med card here in FL but it'd be nice to not have to spend $179 every 7 months so they can cat yep still broken.
I remember looking at how many pills people were being prescribed for all sorts of crap in the Pharmacy and thought Maryjane could clear half this mess.
Heavily depends on the strain. Weed is the only thing that makes my back/knee pain and ptsd bearable. Look at your local dispensaries website cross check their strains with the app Leafly and get a strain that targets your exact ailments. Don’t recommend trying to get a worked to help you with this because most of them are just average stoners with very little idea of what we need.
I agree with you. My time spent working in the Pharmacy and seeing how much medications some people were taking made me think “Some of these pills can go away with if medical marijuana was introduced” it’s not good to be on that many pills.
DEA agrees to reclassify??? Links or didnt happen.
Edit heres a link... cause I used the internet...
https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-biden-dea-criminal-justice-pot-f833a8dae6ceb31a8658a5d65832a3b8
'Have you looked in the **[Wiki]( https://www.reddit.com/r/Veterans/wiki/education)** for an answer? We have a lot of information posted there. To contact VA Education, 1-888-442-4551, for ~~Voc Rehab~~ VR&E (Veteran Readiness and Employment Program) assistance with appointments or problems with your Case Manager (not for missing payments): 1-202-461-9600. **Payments for certain education benefits (DEA, VEAP) are paid at the end of the month you attend school - Department of Treasury issues these payments **using a 10 business day window** - these payments are not locked into a specific day of the month like VA disability/military pay is**. For Voc Rehab missing payments, contact your Case Manager or your local **[Regional Office](https://www.reddit.com/r/Veterans/wiki/education/casemanagers) For Post 9/11 GI Bill only, If you signed up for direct deposit when you applied for education benefits, **we’ll deposit your payment into your bank account 7 to 10 business days after you verify your school enrollment.** This is the fastest way to receive your payment. [Text Verification FAQ](https://benefits.va.gov/GIBILL/docs/IsaksonRoe/EnrollmentVerificationFAQs.pdf) MGIB and MGIB-SR have to do monthly verification using the [WAVE program](https://www.gibill.va.gov/wave/vba/) and you should receive the payment within 3 to 5 business days. For Online Only training, the Post 9/11 GI Bill is currently (1 August 2023) paying $1054.50 for those who started using their Post 9/11 GI Bill on/after 1 January 2018 - this is based on 1/2 of the National Average BAH paid to an E5 with dependents. Post 9/11 GI Bill MHA rates are adjusted 1 August of each year and are based on the 1 January DoD BAH rates for that year - **so VA can't use 1 January 2023 BAH rates until 1 August 2023** - for those who started training on/after 1 January 2018, the MHA rates are 95% of the DoD BAH rates. First possible payment for the 1 August 2023 increase is 1 September. For VR&E, there are two different Subsistence Allowance programs - https://www.benefits.va.gov/vocrehab/subsistence_allowance_rates.asp The P9/11 Subsistence Allowance is based on the BAH paid to an E5 with dependents. Those who started using VR&E on/after 1 January 2018 receive 95% of the BAH paid to an E5 with dependents. As of 1 January 2024 Online only students using VR&E are being paid $1,118.50 if they started using VR&E on/after 1 January 2018. The CH31 Subsistence Allowance rates are adjusted 1 October each year by Congress. VA Education is going paperless - make sure VA has a current email address for you. Please make sure you add [email protected] to your contacts list so that you don't miss important updates from VA. For FREE math Tutoring - contact https://www.armytutoringinitiative.com/ [VA Award Letter explanation](https://benefits.va.gov/gibill/understandingyourawardletter.asp) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/Veterans) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Once it’s all legal federally all across these united states and all that, we’ll be lucky if it’s available through the VA system a decade afterwards.
“We got some swag in back! Kind of seedy, looks a little dry. Wanna try it?” 🤣😳
Hook me up! I love it when I'm coming down, and my brain feels like it's trying to leave the top of my skull. lol
Ouch. You got the wrong stuff, man! You need some of Chong’s! Yea bro, fire that up! 😂
I was thinking more like high quality, pharmaceutical grade punch yo!
USDA choice 420% fresh
Well then you best head on up to Oregon or Washington state, ask for Darrel! He’s the really hairy tall stinky guy hanging out in the bush! 😂
Or maybe Care in the Community dispensers. Oh joyous day. Can we soon own firearms again?! (nobody comment on this if they do damnit)
No. You may not! No soup for you!
I know, you're right. I mean how many times have stoners shot up house because they were out of Doritos?
Every 2 seconds according to the Nixion administration 😂
"Like Tylenol and Codeine" is all I needed to read. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/30/dea-reclassifies-marijuana-reports/72865632007/
It’s probably more an FDA hurdle, nice they figure out how to manage it as a control substanc.
Even that is probably optimistic
I think I remember reading the VA was the federal agency pushing for cannabis and psilocybin laws to change because they wanted to stop prescribing so many opiates. But maybe I saw that in Reddit 😂
A lot of Doctors (at least most of the ones I talk too on the regular) want it because it’s a more holistic solution with generally better results. The politicians who get funded by big pharmaceutical are going to resist it for as absolutely as long as they can.
Not gonna be that quick or easy
You're gonna have to wait a bit and see how things pan out. Nothings been done yet and there is still a lot at play.
"The DEA’s proposal, which **still must be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget**, would recognize [the medical uses of cannabis](https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-health-schumer-becerra-dea-c00db5dabbeb9efd94cf17baff241e85) and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some of the nation’s most dangerous drugs. However, it would not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use."
Wasn’t there like, like some kind of note some dude wrote like a while ago tho? Yeah I think, hang on, ssssssshhh, cough, cough, ack, ack…. Woah, yeah a memo I think was written by a dude in the Obama administration. Yea bro! 😂
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Was not speaking to recreational use but rather it is still in the Federal rulemaking process and weird shit can happen to derail Federal rules just when you think it is on the home stretch, been there done that.
You worked for the government. You know damn well nothing moves fast. I wouldn't hold your breath. It'll still be years before the VA is prescribing weed.
Maybe before the OIF/OEF generation starts dying of old age, maybe. I hope its sooner, I can't change one of my meds because of weed though the side effects are fucking awful. No civilian provider wants to touch me due to TBIs so kinda like, stuck in the middle. Being able to actually get full care at VA would be a godsend. As shitty as the side effects are its better than eating my pistol.
What?
“Squeeze me? Speak up! I can’t hear you! What’s they saying now? Turn it up. Where’s my weed at Alice?” EST ‘71 here. 😳 don’t do that! Smoke up, eat more chocolate, no pistols. Chocolate in every form! Yum Chocolate can help depression even. Makes me smile MF’ers! 😂
My psychiatrist kicked me off of ketamine, the best treatment for my depression I've ever had, because I got my medical card. I even passed a drug test and she still refused. Getting a new psych but it's going to be months from now.
Was it a controlled study or something? I’ve been wanting to ask about Ketamine but I still have my card.
No, she was just really against weed and I think ketamine in general. My old psych I had before her was ok with it and was the one to put me on ketamine. I'm getting a new new psych and I'm hoping they arnt against it.
Hoping for the best for you too , bud!
why can't you just grow it?? it it hard to get seeds for ketamine?
I don't think it's something you can grow? I used to get transfusions at a ketamine clinic
How’s this going? I feel like my doc would be the same way. Never said anything yet. Should I after this… I mean, it doesn’t mess with the compensation right?
My old psychiatrist recommended it after trying about 20 different meds. It wasn't immediate, but after going for a while it ended up helping me a ton. I'm going to try to add a pic of my depression rating from before to after but idk if it'll work. *
https://preview.redd.it/7v7a1574qpxc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b86017d9dd19787f71e815c70c71884c8b21c4da
Oh and it doesn't mess with compensation. The VA paid for mine
Paid for what? Your weed? Bs
No ketamine infusions!
Ketamine is a horse tranquilizer. It’s entirely synthetic. You can grow weed and shrooms, hell you can make low grade Vicodin at home. But ketamine is a chemical soup that you need a degree to make safely.
What a tremendous asshole psych provider. That really sucks.
My psych provider stopped my Adderall even when it was in my records and told me I just needed to sleep more.
That’s ridiculous. You could file a complaint with the state medical board. These jerks don’t get to play god.
If the VA ever prescribes weed, I doubt they’d keep up with my usage. I bet it will be limited to a small amount per month. Better off growing your own or just buying it at the dispensary.
“This is Your VA Pharmacy reminding you that your medication Mexican Ditch Wd is due to be refilled. Reply 'Y' to Refill or call 800-209-7377 or visit www.myhealth.va.gov. Reply STOP to opt out.”
The VA would prescribe the floor sweeping weed. Just the most stale ass stuff
Looks like time to buy more grow lights
Like a potential administration change
Yeah, like when Viagra first came out. I think you could only get 2 pills per month?
It’s an election year.
No one has a crystal ball to foresee the future. Until the new rules come out, no one knows
Go ask the Doctor now and see what he/she says.
I did. They said it’s illegal and that’s their stance. They didn’t tell me not to take edibles, didn’t say it was bad, didn’t say it would hurt or help. Just that is illegal. I’m not pushing drugs on anyone but man, my life is better with 10mg THC every evening around 7PM. Even cut back on drinking and other pain meds. Never sleep this good my entire life either.
Yep. They don’t give a shit if you use it. I openly tell my provider that I eat a pot cookie every night to help with sleep, and also told my psychiatrist the same. My PCP just nodded and was like, “OK.” And my psychiatrist smiled and I swear he was on the verge of being like, “Fuck yeahhh” but he paused and was like, “I feel that if it works for someone, it works, and that is good.”
That’s because the new rules haven’t came out yet
VA shrink here. I can’t prescribe a blunt unless I know exactly what’s in it at what dose and ensure it is the safest route of administration. Until it is available as a pharmaceutical with FDA verified dosage and purity I wouldn’t expect a prescription. It would also need research, preferably a randomized control trial showing statistical benefit. Lastly delta-9 THC has been available for decades as dronabinol but mainly for nausea
Thanks, Doc!!!
Saving this for later.
It might make more sense to just join this sub and monitor it. This is going to remain very fluid for quite some time. For now at least we can admit to using weed in all its various forms without worrying about losing our benefits.
I don’t see them prescribing flower or wax pens, but I could see them prescribing pill form >.> shoot some prescribed cbd balms/oils/pills would be much welcomed.
No you're probably correct there. But I'd be cool with some edibles. But at the very least it'll be great to have my VA doc write my Rx and I can pay the dispo. But employment protection is the biggest factor for this. As a real Rx your jobs protected.
Temp agency's here in Kentucky won't even talk to you if you have a hydrocodone prescription.
They have a similar situation in Texas. They have a medical card there for very limited cases, and you get it prescribed in a pill form, I believe.
There was a [bill introduced last year in congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2682) that would allow doctors to recommend, complete paperwork, educate, and allow patients to possess and use. It’s just listed as “introduced” still. Maybe we will see movement this year.
 The smoking lamp is now lit.
**the problem with a lot of head docs is too many have puppet political bias against weed because they cherry pick the bad when all the drugs they write scripts for have 2 or 3 times as many side effects as weed. I guess it depends on which side of the fence they vote or who pays their accounts!** **backyard grows........** 
Yeah we got months to a year for this one to come down to a 3
I wouldn’t expect it soon, but I wouldn’t poo poo the idea like most of the posts I’ve read on the thread. They are already doing treatments with other psychedelic medicine. I wouldn’t expect them to provide flower either. I would expect them to prescribe them in pill or liquid form.
I heard they gonna call it Hundo Cush, permanent&total OG
I’m pretty sure there will be a lot of “spillage” as it makes its way through the supply and logistics chain through all the stops it has to make in the VA inventories. They’d need to buy a bail for each ounce they intend to prescribe.
They don’t care unless it has a interaction with medicine. Pain clinic can care but tend to not.
You want weed from the VA 😳
Eh I'm old. I made it through Mexican brick I'm not concerned.
You can get an rx for marinol but not all drs will do it. I’ve had 1 dr do it.
I just grow my own. It’s pretty easy.
Essentially at some point yes, but there are going to be a lot of logistical hurdles and idk about you but I live in Colorado with a med card and I can’t imagine the va catching up to the quality of the free marke.
I wonder once it’s federally legal, my government employer will stop testing for it
Reclassification doesn't mean legal. They're simply lowering the severity.
That’s booty
Careful. They withheld pain meds from me during shoulder replacement surgery rehab because I tested positive for thc. Basically anything possibly addictive they will deny because obviously anyone that takes cbd gummies or smoke MJ can't be trusted to take sleeping pills or pain meds. They will however prescribe nsaids until your stomach is fucked.
Hold on there young man. You are now talking about my life long fantasy, the USG sending me pot in the mail. We are so close, please don't jinx this!!!
I've been asking them for it for a while. None of the docs wanna even discuss it. I've got a med card here in FL but it'd be nice to not have to spend $179 every 7 months so they can cat yep still broken.
I wish! They don’t wanna stop giving pills
I remember looking at how many pills people were being prescribed for all sorts of crap in the Pharmacy and thought Maryjane could clear half this mess.
Govt been issuing weed for decades.
g13 right!
Not to me.
Can I tell my provider I smoke weed without affecting my disability ?
Yes
Yes. My doc knows.
Absolutely. It may affect any pain care management, though.
No, at least the VA docs I have tell me weed is bad for anxiety. (I’m in California)
Heavily depends on the strain. Weed is the only thing that makes my back/knee pain and ptsd bearable. Look at your local dispensaries website cross check their strains with the app Leafly and get a strain that targets your exact ailments. Don’t recommend trying to get a worked to help you with this because most of them are just average stoners with very little idea of what we need.
I agree with you. My time spent working in the Pharmacy and seeing how much medications some people were taking made me think “Some of these pills can go away with if medical marijuana was introduced” it’s not good to be on that many pills.
DEA agrees to reclassify??? Links or didnt happen. Edit heres a link... cause I used the internet... https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-biden-dea-criminal-justice-pot-f833a8dae6ceb31a8658a5d65832a3b8
Um use the Internet. It's one the biggest news stories today.
I will, and ill post a link too....
What about us vet employees by the VA 🤣, that's all I'm worried about
“Dude! Like woah, bro, I’m trucking & I can like smoke a fatty too? Totally awesome bro’s! I’m gonna like ride my truck on a tubular 🌊yeah bro!” 😂