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HRES 590 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Alternative treatments Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Government studies and investigations Medical research Veterans' medical care

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: October 26, 2017 Introduced by: Correa, J. Luis Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Oct 26, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Oct 26, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now October 26, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 590: 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.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-590/
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"H. Res. 590: 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.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-590/.
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H. Res. 590, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-590/.
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[H. Res. 590: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-590/)
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