Hell Yes, Beto!!!!! We don’t care about politics, but this man gets it! Connecticut needs to stand up NOW and support this State’s Veterans when it comes to access. Stop profiting off us and start helping where the Veteran Affairs System has failed. Where is the Leadership…
-Dabbin’ Dad
“Now imagine that veteran, instead of being prescribed an opioid, had been prescribed marijuana, because we made that legal in America [and] ensured the VA could prescribe it,”
Former congressman and presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke proposed at the Democratic Party’s presidential debate on Tuesday night that opioids could be replaced with cannabis for some patients. O’Rourke’s suggestion came during a discussion about the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis during Tuesday’s face-off between the 12 leading Democratic candidates.
The former U.S. representative from El Paso, Texas said that a veteran he had met might not be addicted to heroin if doctors had access to alternatives to powerful and highly addictive opioids.
“Now imagine that veteran, instead of being prescribed an opioid, had been prescribed marijuana, because we made that legal in America [and] ensured the VA could prescribe it,” O’Rourke said.
O’Rourke’s comment received immediate support from fellow candidate Andrew Yang, who shouted his approval from across the stage.