3.0.0 590 2023-01-11T13:38:18Z 2023-01-11T13:38:18Z House HRES 2017-10-26 115 hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr03 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2017-10-26T13:21:09Z Referred to 2017-10-26T13:03:50Z 2017-10-26 hsvr03 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2017-10-26 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2017-10-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-10-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001110 Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] J. Correa D CA Luis 46 N Armed Forces and National Security Alternative treatments Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Government studies and investigations Medical research Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-10-26 Introduced in House 2018-01-24T19:12:49Z Recognizes: (1) the urgency and importance of finding alternative successful treatments to opioids to address veterans' health care, and (2) that it is imperative to the health and safety of our veterans that a study be conducted on the medicinal applications of marijuana for treating wounds resulting from their service.

Calls on the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a clinical study and further research to evaluate the effects of cannabis in comparison to opioids in treating veterans' service-related health conditions.

]]> Calling on the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a clinical study assessing the effectiveness of treating chronic pain in veterans with cannabis in comparison to opioids. Display Title Calling on the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a clinical study assessing the effectiveness of treating chronic pain in veterans with cannabis in comparison to opioids. Official Title as Introduced Calling on the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a clinical study assessing the effectiveness of treating chronic pain in veterans with cannabis in comparison to opioids. Introduced in House 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hres590ih/xml/BILLS-115hres590ih.xml 2017-10-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.