Conflict Between Medical Marijuana Laws “Largely Resolved” by VA labeled one of the Top Ten Veterans stories in today’s news

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Posted byJay Selthofner Published11/09/201004/01/2020

Veterans Today is a military veterans and foreign affairs journal discussing a variety of veterans affairs issues. November 9th, 2010 say the headline “Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News” and the article by Michael Leon touched on very important issues to Veterans and coming in the list was medical marijuana.

Conflict Between Medical Marijuana Laws “Largely Resolved” By VA. USA Today (11/9, Dorell, 1.83M) says many “patients with cancer, chronic pain and other maladies who say smoking marijuana helps their condition” are “trapped between state laws that allow medical pot smoking and federal laws that do not.” The US Department of Veterans Affairs, however, has “largely resolved the conflict at its hospitals and pain clinics” by allowing “veterans in states where marijuana is approved for medical use” to “submit documentation showing they have legal access to pot, which means a patient who tests positive will not be denied treatment.”

Largely resolved for the states that have medical marijuana laws in place, protecting patients rather than leaving them exposed on the battlefield known as the war on drugs. Veterans and supporters of medical marijuana alike need to become more active and engage law makers as to the importance of the issue of medical marijuana. After all, it was one of the top ten news stories for Veterans. It is time our legislators take a more intelligent approach to marijuana laws, please help them find there way.

Jay Selthofner

Independent Reporter, Hemp Farmer, Consultant

Jay Selthofner is the Founder of The Wisconsin Cannabis Activist Network and Northern Wisconsin NORML. Jay ran for Wisconsin State Assembly 2010 as an Independent Candidate on a platform of legalizing cannabis.

He owns Selthofner Consulting which provides a wide array of services. His family owns Heritage Hemp Farm, which specializes in a compassion club style setting for their patrons and holds the annual "From the Land Festival" in Green Lake, WI, the third weekend in October.

Jay is also a contributor to The Stoner's Travel Guide and with the help of cannabis activists Gene and Jessica, they are about about to publish the book The Stoner's Travel Guide to Wisconsin which will include a business directory. If interested in advertising opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact Jay for a media kit.

Jay is a motivated citizen activist in Wisconsin. Through networking, communication and hard work he believes the reform of cannabis laws will progress despite relentless opposition.