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According to this article the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Hospital in Phoenix blocked Dr Sue Sisley from giving a presentation on medical marijuana.

Dr Sue Sisley says it's shameful that the Phoenix VA Hospital refuses to allow this information to be shared.

Oddly I think Dr Sue Sisley started out as being anti-marijuana, and it wasn't until the evidence that marijuana hit her in the face that she switched sides and now knows that marijuana is a wonder drug that can help people who have many illnesses.

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VA hospital in Phoenix blocks presentation on cannabis, PTSD

Dr. Sue Sisley is told that she can't give a presentation to the staff, even though her study has been approved by the DEA

Published: May 26, 2016, 2:21 pm

By The Associated Press

PHOENIX — A doctor is upset after the Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix blocked her from giving a lecture about marijuana’s effect on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

This summer, Dr. Sue Sisley is conducting a study on PTSD and medical marijuana that is funded by a Colorado marijuana research grant. Although the Drug Enforcement Administration approved her work, the Phoenix VA Medical Center told Sisley she couldn’t give a presentation there.

“The notion that the Phoenix VA hospital refuses to allow that information to be shared with their medical staff is really shameful,” Sisley told KTAR-FM.

Medical marijuana is legal in Arizona, but it’s still a federal crime to possess pot. The VA center isn’t allowed to promote or recruit veterans for marijuana research, said Dr. Samuel Aguayo, associate chief of staff for research at the Phoenix hospital.

“VA medical staff are not authorized to make a decision on whether marijuana and marijuana research is appropriate for veterans,” he explained.

Sisley, however, argued that the VA has a duty to support research that could uncover new treatment for veterans with PTSD.

“If they refuse to do that, I think that is negligent and it’s an abomination,” she said.

Congress recently passed legislation that would allow VA doctors to discuss medical marijuana with veterans. Aguayo said the center might reconsider Sisley’s lecture if that bill is signed into law.

“We will examine what the law allows and doesn’t allow,” he said. “It may have an impact on our decision to permit this activity here at the Phoenix VA or not.”