Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 67242
Veterans: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Tabled: 11 July 2025
Answered: 18 July 2025
Question
Jonathan Davies
Labour — Mid Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of treating post traumatic stress disorder in veterans with (a) medical cannabis and (b) MDMA assisted therapy.
Answer
Karin SmythWe recognise that the use of cannabis-based medicines and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies, such as MDMA to treat mental illness, is gaining attention both within the medical and scientific communities as well as within the public more broadly. The li...
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