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VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act of 2023
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to study the effects of cannabis on veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system and have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or chronic pain (i.e., eligible veterans).
First, the bill requires the VA to conduct an observational, 18-month study on the effects of cannabis on the health outcomes of eligible veterans. The VA must report on the study and address whether it is able to meet criteria necessary to conduct clinical trials.
Then, if the VA determines that it is able to proceed, it must carry out a series of clinical trials on the effects of cannabis appropriate for investigational use, as determined by the Food and Drug Administration, on the outcomes of eligible veterans. The VA must carry out a long-term observational study of the clinical trial participants.
The VA may terminate the trials if it is unable to meet clinical guideline requirements or the trials would create excessive risk to participants.
The VA must ensure that the study and trials are representative of the demographics of veterans in the United States, as determined by the most recent data from the American Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census.
The study and trials must include mechanisms to ensure data preservation and registration as necessary (in an anonymous form).
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 326 as reported to Senate on Mar 23, 2023. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Senate Apr 26, 2023
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 326
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
57 Yea 42 Nay 1 not voting
Party-line vote 9 of 99 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat, 8 Republicans.
DemocratsIndependentsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 326 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named S. 326 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
27 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-04. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.