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A new survey commissioned by the American Legion has found that an overwhelmingly large majority of the nation’s veterans support legal medical cannabis. The organization surveyed 513 veterans and 289 caregivers from 39 states, and found that 83% think it’s time for the federal government to legalize medical marijuana. The survey also found that only 22% of those surveyed were currently using medical cannabis, even though 40% lived in states with legal medical marijuana programs.
The majority of the veterans and caregivers who responded to the poll were over the age of 60, and many veterans of this age group voted for Trump last year, according to exit polls cited by the Washington Post. This demographic isn’t typically 420-friendly, yet their support for medical marijuana research is almost unanimous; 92% of veteran households reported that they were in favor of furthering medical cannabis research.
The American Legion has been fighting to help veterans get access to medical cannabis for years. Last year, the organization called on the DEA to “recognize cannabis as a drug with potential medical value” and to “license privately funded medical marijuana…
