Welcome to the VMMA Website

"When it comes to medical marijuana, I have more of a practical view than anything else. My attitude is that if it’s an issue of doctors prescribing medical marijuana as a treatment for glaucoma or as a cancer treatment, I think that should be appropriate because there really is no difference between that and a doctor prescribing morphine or anything else." - Barack Obama 3.22.08

AMA Votes to Reschedule Medical Marijuana

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2,200 Vets died in 2008 due to lack of health insurance

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3 Facts that cannot be disproved by anyone:

1. Alcohol is significantly more toxic than marijuana, making death by overdose far more likely with alcohol.

2. The health effects from long-term alcohol consumption cause tens of thousands of more deaths in the U.S. annually than the health effects from the long-term consumption of marijuana.

3. Violent crime committed by individuals intoxicated by alcohol is far more prevalent in the U.S. than violent crime committed by individuals intoxicated by marijuana only.

Petition to Reschedule Marijuana

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News Flash: Important PTSD research project for veterans by Dr. Robert Melamede of the VMMA Advisory Board

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Incorporated in 2007, Veterans for Medical Marijuana Access (VMMA) advocates for veterans' rights to access medical marijuana for therapeutic purposes. VMMA also works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana use, which many veterans believe to be conviction and incarceration.

VMMA encourages all legislative bodies to endorse veterans' rights to use medical marijuana therapeutically and responsibly, and is working to end all prohibitions associated with such use.

VMMA is working to preserve the long established doctor-patient relationship to privacy rights and to safely discuss medical marijuana use within the V.A. healthcare system without fear of punishment or retribution.

Here are the latest VA statistics about Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans:

  • Veterans: 981,834 (out of nearly two million deployed)
  • Veterans Treated at VA Hospitals and Clinics: 425,538 (43.3% of veterans)
  • Veterans Diagnosed by VA with Mental Health Condition: 193,879 (45.6% of veterans treated by VA)
  • Veterans Diagnosed by VA with PTSD: 114,908 (27.0% of veterans treated by VA)
  • Veterans Filing Disability Claims Against VA: 381,782 (38.9% of veterans)
  • Veterans with Approved PTSD Claims: 53,079 (46.2% of the veterans diagnosed by VA with PTSD)

"We must remember that the best health care decisions are not made by government and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors."

— President George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, January 23, 2007.