Commentary: Expand the Texas Compassionate Use Program to help more veterans with PTSD

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Commentary: Expand the Texas Compassionate Use Program to help more veterans with PTSD
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Bureaucracy and red tape are preventing the program from efficiently serving those who served us.

Veterans in Texas are suffering. For too long, the lingering effects of war have wreaked havoc on those who have fought to preserve our freedom. With Texas being home to the second-largest population of veterans in the nation, the state must be a leader and act now to curb post-traumatic stress disorder.

In 2015, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill creating the Texas Compassionate Use Program, or TCUP, to help children with epilepsy access low-grade cannabis to relieve symptoms from this debilitating disorder. DPS held a public hearing at the end of October to discuss the program and stated that new licenses will be needed within the coming months. But with a potential licensing process expected to take several months, and operators requiring up to 12 months to complete infrastructure build-outs and final inspections, Texas is already behind. DPS must act now.for veterans is 1.5 times higher than for the general population. And what’s worse is the suicide rate for female veterans is 2.5 times higher.

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