Colorado lawmakers push PTSD bill to address pleas for medical marijuana

Efforts over the years to add PTSD as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana in Colorado have been met with failure.

The Colorado Board of Health denied multiple petitions for the inclusion, citing the need for more scientific evidence; bills’ trips through the General Assembly have been short-lived; and veterans and PTSD-sufferers’ legal bids were quashed.

2017 brings with it renewed pushes — both legislatively and legally — to establish PTSD as a qualifying condition.

“I’ve met a number of veterans who really feel like it improved their quality of life,” said Sen. Irene Aguilar, a Denver Democrat and physician who co-sponsored a bill to have PTSD and acute stress disorders be considered “debilitating medical conditions” under the state’s medical marijuana law.

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