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Although increasing rates of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder (CUD) are well documented among veterans, little is known about their use of cannabis specifically for medicinal purposes. The present study characterizes such use and compares veterans reporting cannabis use for medicinal (n= 66) versus recreational (n= 77) purposes on (a) sociodemographic factors,(b) psychiatric disorders (posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], major depressive disorder [MDD], and CUD),(c) other substance use,(d) reasons for cannabis use and cannabis-related problems, and (e) physical and mental health. Participants were veterans deployed post 9/11/2001 recruited from a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facility (N= 143; mean [SD] age= 30.0 [6.6]; mean [SD] deployments= 1.7 [1.1]) who reported past-year cannabis use. The most frequently endorsed conditions for medicinal cannabis (MC) use were anxiety …