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Michael Krawitz on Vets Coming Clean
December 5, 2023 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
A disabled United States Air Force Veteran [Sergeant, 1981 -1986].
Michael Krawitz serves as Executive director of Veterans For Medical Cannabis Access [VMCA] as well as other board and advisory roles.
After California’s historic Proposition 215 Michael observed that cannabis used as a palliative adjunct pain treatment to opiates not only produced better pain relief but also significantly lowered the number of pain pills used. Leading VMCA, Michael successfully negotiated the first ever VA medical cannabis policy in 2010 and has since overseen the WHO process in Geneva and then the United Nations process on the WHO cannabis recommendations. The successful vote on 2 December
2020 United Nations – Vienna, Austria removed Cannabis and Cannabis Resin from the Single Convention treaty “most dangerous drug category”. In 2021 Michael was appointed to serve on the Virginia Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council [VPHAC] for 5 years. The VCPAC has oversight over the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority on any regulation impacting public health.
links:
WHO’s First Scientific Review of Medicinal Cannabis: From Global Struggle to Patient Implications
High Compliance, a Lex Lata Legalization for the Non-Medical Cannabis Industry: How to Regulate Recreational Cannabis in Accordance with the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access is committed to protecting the rights of veteran patients and health care professionals by advocating for safe and legal access to cannabis (marijuana) for all appropriate therapeutic uses and to encourage research on cannabis as a treatment alternative.
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