Community health centers in Massachusetts risk losing federal funding if doctors prescribe medical marijuana
even though it has been legalized. Doctors were advised not to
prescribe medical marijuana to any of their 638,000 patients otherwise
health centers would loose federal funding. The
reason is while state laws legalized the use
of medical marijuana, it still remains illegal and unaccepted
in the eyes of the federal government.
According to reports health center physicians who believe marijuana might be beneficial for certain patients and authorize its use could be committing a “potential violation of federal law and could result in legal and financial exposure for community health centers,”
Veterans that could benefit from medicinal marijuana are facing similar problems. In a 2011 memo, the Department of Veterans Affairs reminded its physicians that it prohibits them from “completing forms seeking recommendations or opinions regarding a veteran’s participation in a state marijuana program.”
The memo, however, said department policy does not prohibit veterans who legally participate in a state marijuana program from also receiving other treatment at VA centers......
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