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CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE APPROVES DEFENSE BILL WITH MARIJUANA AND PSYCHEDELICS
PROVISIONS FOR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS
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Kyle Jaeger
A key GOP House committee has approved a large-scale defense bill with a number
of marijuana and psychedelics provisions attached, including a proposal to
prohibit military branches from testing recruits for cannabis.
The House Armed Services Committee passed the 2025 National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) on Wednesday.
A provision that was included in the Military Personnel subcommittee’s draft
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Members also accepted an amendment from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) that would
require DOD to issue a report on how many service members have been discharged
due to marijuana.
Under a section on recruitment, the bill proposes eliminating marijuana testing
for enlistment purposes:
“SEC. 531 PROHIBITION ON CANNABIS TESTING FOR ENLISTMENT OR COMMISSION IN
CERTAIN ARMED FORCES.
Subject to subsection (a) of section 504 of chapter 31 of title 10, United
States Code, the Secretary of the military department concerned may not require
an individual to submit to a test for cannabis as a condition of enlistment of
such individual as a member, or the commission of such individual as an officer,
of an Armed Force.”
That mirrors a proposed amendment to DOD appropriations legislation last
year that was led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).
Gaetz told Marijuana Moment last week that the NDAA cannabis provision was “a
collaborative effort.”
DOD told lawmakers last year that marijuana’s active ingredient delta-9 THC is
the most common substance that appears on positive drug tests for active duty
military service members. And several military branches have taken steps to
loosen cannabis-related restrictions, including issuing waivers for recruits who
test positive their first time.
Mace said her amendment that was adopted as part of an en bloc package on
Wednesday would demand a report from DOD “on how many troops have been kicked
out over the last decade for using cannabis.”
“As more states legalize, we need data to assess whether these discharges serve
in the best interest of our national security,” she said.
An additional amendment from Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) that was adopted by the
panel would require a DOD briefing on sentencing for cannabis-related offenses
under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Mace also touted a separate amendment that she says “supports states’ rights by
incorporating findings from 38 state marijuana programs into research.”
The legislation as proposed by the Military Personnel subcommittee also includes
report language to follow up on provisions in the most recently enacted NDAA
that provide funding for DOD-led clinical trials on the therapeutic potential of
psychedelics for active duty military service members.
The report language says the committee “wants to ensure the establishment of the
program is progressing without impediment,” and calls on DOD to provide Congress
with a status update report by January 31, 2025. Here’s the section:
“Section 723 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
(Public Law 118-31) established a Department of Defense program to study the
effectiveness of psychedelic substances and plant-based therapies in treating
post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries. The committee wants to
ensure the establishment of the program is progressing without impediments.
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than January 31, 2025, on the
following with regards to the progress of the program:
(1) the Department’s process for funding eligible entities;
(2) the Secretary’s selection for lead administrator to carry out the program;
(3) a list and description of the eligible entities that have been selected for
the program;
(4) how the Department notified and selected servicemembers to participate in
the program;
(5) how many servicemembers have requested participation in the program;
(6) how many servicemembers have been selected for participation in the program;
(7) any issues the Department is encountering establishing the program;
(8) any anticipated delays to implementing the program; and
(9) any other information the Secretary deems relevant.”
Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX), a former Navy SEAL with personal experience with
psychedelics treatment who championed the underlying amendment, told Marijuana
Moment earlier this year that he planned to separately meet with military
leadership to collaborate on how to effectively administer the program.
Meanwhile, a top official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said
at a conference this month that he was initially “surprised” by the level of
bipartisan support for psychedelic medicine in Congress. He said, at this point,
psychedelics policy enjoys a greater level of bipartisanship than marijuana.
The conference took place about two weeks after the House Veterans’ Affairs
Committee passed a bill to require VA to notify Congress if any psychedelics are
added to its formulary of covered prescription drugs.
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