U.S. Congresspersons Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Brian Mast (R-Fla.), Dave Joyce (R-Ohio) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) successfully passed their bipartisan amendment in the Republicans’ Veterans Affairs spending package. This amendment would end the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prohibition on assisting veterans in accessing medical marijuana. VA policy currently prevents providers from recommending, making referrals or completing forms for medical marijuana, regardless of whether the state the veteran resides in has legalized it for medical use. “One of the most painful vestiges of the fail…