WHY IT MATTERS: If you are a military veteran in Florida seeking a medical marijuana card, this bill could meaningfully reduce your out-of-pocket registration costs and make it easier to start or maintain your cannabis treatment plan. CLINICAL OVERVIEW: Florida is advancing legislation to reduce the cost of medical marijuana registry identification cards for military veterans, addressing a longstanding financial barrier that has kept some veterans from accessing state-legal cannabis therapy. Veterans disproportionately suffer from chronic pain, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and sleep disorders, all conditions where cannabis medicine has shown meaningful clinical benefit.
Study Finds Veterans With SUD Used Cannabis to Alleviate Pain, Anxiety, and Improve Poor …
WHY IT MATTERS: If you are a veteran managing pain, anxiety, or sleep issues alongside a substance use disorder, this research supports having an honest conversation with your care team about whether supervised cannabis use could be a safer part of your recovery plan. CLINICAL OVERVIEW: New research examining veterans with substance use disorders found that many turned to cannabis to manage pain, anxiety, and sleep disturbances during their treatment for non-cannabis-related SUD. This aligns with what we see clinically, where patients often use cannabis as an adjunct or alternative to more harmful substances, particularly opioids and benzodiazepines.