Biography
Viridiana Edwards is a nonresident scholar for the Drug Policy Program and a U.S. Army veteran whose research includes medical cannabis use among military veterans.
Edwards serves on a number of boards, including the Foundation for an Informed Texas, Texas NORML and the Veterans Action Council. She holds a master’s in sociology from the University of Texas at El Paso. Her paper on “The Battle Off the Battlefield" was presented at the Southwestern Sociological Association conference in Orlando, Florida, in 2018. Edwards is scheduled to graduate in May 2021 from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, with a master’s in medical cannabis science and therapeutics — the nation’s first such program.
Contact her at v.edwards19@outlook.com.
June 24, 2021
Texas OKs Medical Cannabis for PTSD, All Cancer
A modest change in Texas' medical marijuana law, effective Sept. 1, expands access to the plant to people with cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder. The bill caps the amount of THC -- the psychoactive ingredient that can address chronic pain -- at 1%, falling short of what many advocates had hoped for. Drug policy scholar Viridiana Edwards talked about the issue.
Learn more at Texas Public Radio.