{"id":2721,"date":"2021-04-20T18:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-merkley-reintroduce-bill-to-allow-va-to-prescribe-medical-marijuana-to-veterans-2021\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:49","slug":"wyden-merkley-reintroduce-bill-to-allow-va-to-prescribe-medical-marijuana-to-veterans-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-reintroduce-bill-to-allow-va-to-prescribe-medical-marijuana-to-veterans-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden y Merkley reintroducen proyecto de ley para permitir que VA prescriba marihuana medicinal a veteranos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><i><span>Washington DC<\/span><\/i><\/b><span> \u2013 Los senadores estadounidenses de Oreg\u00f3n, Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley, dijeron hoy que se unieron a sus colegas para reintroducir legislaci\u00f3n que permita a los m\u00e9dicos del Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos (VA, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) de EE. UU. recetar marihuana medicinal a los veteranos en Oreg\u00f3n y los otros 35 estados que han establecido programas de marihuana medicinal. .<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><span>\u201cMucha evidencia sugiere que la marihuana medicinal es prometedora para el control del dolor, el PTSD y otras condiciones m\u00e9dicas que experimentan con frecuencia nuestros guerreros heridos. Pero incluso en los 36 estados que tienen programas legales de marihuana medicinal, a los veteranos se les niega injustamente el acceso a trav\u00e9s del VA\u201d.<\/span><\/b><span> dijo Wyden. <b>\u201cEsta prohibici\u00f3n absoluta de que los m\u00e9dicos de VA receten marihuana medicinal, incluso en los estados donde es legal, perjudica terriblemente a los veteranos en Oreg\u00f3n y en todo el pa\u00eds que ya han sacrificado tanto y simplemente quieren analizar todas las opciones de tratamiento con su proveedor de VA. Ya es hora de que el Congreso act\u00fae para dar a los veteranos el mismo acceso a todas las opciones de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica que merecen\u201d.&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><span>\u201cNuestros veteranos hacen innumerables sacrificios durante, y en algunos casos, mucho despu\u00e9s de su tiempo en el uniforme, para proteger nuestras comunidades y los valores que apreciamos\u201d, <\/span><\/b><span>dijo Merkley.<b> \u201cEs nuestra responsabilidad asegurarnos de que reciban la mejor atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica posible, y eso significa que debemos mantener todos los tratamientos m\u00e9dicos efectivos y seguros sobre la mesa, incluido el cannabis medicinal, en nuestras cl\u00ednicas y hospitales de VA\u201d.<u5_p><\/u5_p><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>Adem\u00e1s de crear una protecci\u00f3n de puerto seguro temporal de cinco a\u00f1os para los veteranos que usan marihuana medicinal, el proyecto de ley bicameral tambi\u00e9n ordenar\u00eda al VA investigar c\u00f3mo la marihuana medicinal podr\u00eda ayudar a los veteranos a controlar mejor el dolor cr\u00f3nico y reducir el abuso de opioides.<\/span><u5_p><\/u5_p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>Tambi\u00e9n se uni\u00f3 a Wyden y Merkley en este proyecto de ley, encabezado por el senador estadounidense Brian Schatz, D-<\/span><span> Hawai<\/span><span>, son los senadores estadounidenses Tim Kaine, D-Va., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., y Jacky Rosen, D-Nev. La legislaci\u00f3n complementaria ha sido presentada en la C\u00e1mara de Representantes por los Representantes de EE. UU. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., y Dave Joyce, R-Ohio. <\/span><u5_p><\/u5_p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>El <i>Ley de puerto seguro de marihuana medicinal para veteranos <\/i>cuenta con el apoyo de Veteranos estadounidenses de Irak y Afganist\u00e1n (IAVA), VoteVets, Minority Veterans of America, Veterans Cannabis Coalition, Veterans Cannabis Project, Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access, National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), NORML, National Cannabis Roundtable, EE. UU. Pain Foundation, Drug Policy Alliance, Americans for Safe Access (ASA), Students for Sensible Drug Policy y Veteran&#039;s Initiative 22.<\/span><u5_p><\/u5_p><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><span>Jeremy Butler, director ejecutivo de Veteranos de Am\u00e9rica de Irak y Afganist\u00e1n:<\/span><\/b><span> \u201cNuestros miembros han hablado alto y claro sobre este tema. El ochenta y ocho por ciento de los que respondieron a nuestra encuesta de miembros m\u00e1s reciente aprobaron el uso de cannabis con fines medicinales. Con un apoyo tan abrumador, debemos eliminar las barreras para cuidar a los veteranos, no para mantenerlos. IAVA aplaude al Senador Schatz por reintroducir la Ley de puerto seguro de marihuana medicinal para veteranos para hacer precisamente eso\u201d.<\/span><u5_p><\/u5_p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><span>Doug Distaso, Director Ejecutivo del Proyecto de Cannabis para Veteranos<\/span><\/b><span>: \u201cLa Ley de puerto seguro de marihuana medicinal para veteranos representa el esfuerzo de reforma m\u00e1s significativo hasta la fecha para el acceso de veteranos al cannabis medicinal. Regularmente escuchamos a veteranos que se ven obligados a buscar opciones de tratamiento inseguras o que no pueden recibir atenci\u00f3n debido a la incapacidad de hablar sobre el cannabis medicinal con sus proveedores de VA. Permitir que el VA prescriba cannabis medicinal tendr\u00e1 un impacto inmediato en los pacientes veteranos que lo necesiten. Los avances en protecci\u00f3n e investigaci\u00f3n que ofrece el proyecto de ley ofrecen una hoja de ruta hacia un entorno de cannabis medicinal m\u00e1s seguro y accesible para los veteranos. Veterans Cannabis Project aplaude al Senador Schatz y a la Congresista Lee por su liderazgo y alienta a sus colegas en el Congreso a apoyar el proyecto de ley<span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span><br \/><u5_p><\/u5_p><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined colleagues to reintroduce legislation to allow doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to prescribe medical marijuana to veterans in Oregon and the 35 other states that have established medical marijuana programs. &ldquo;Plenty of evidence suggests that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-2721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-health-care"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wyden, Merkley Reintroduce Bill to Allow VA to Prescribe Medical Marijuana to Veterans - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-reintroduce-bill-to-allow-va-to-prescribe-medical-marijuana-to-veterans-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wyden, Merkley Reintroduce Bill to Allow VA to Prescribe Medical Marijuana to Veterans - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, D.C. &ndash; 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