Board Proposes New Marijuana Conditions
Todd Dukart
April 13, 2009
KRQE.com (NM)
SANTA FE (KRQE) - A medical board has proposed adding Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, severe osteoarthritis and several other conditions to the Department of Health's medical marijuana program.
The Medical Advisory Board issued its list of recommendations for the medical marijuana program on Monday. The state Secretary of Health still needs to agree before sufferers will be able to apply to use medical marijuana.
The proposed conditions, according to Department of Health spokesperson Deborah Busemeyer:
* Inclusion body myositis, a chronic muscle inflammation accompanied by muscle weakness
* Severe osteoarthritis
* Rheumatoid arthritis
* Reactive arthritis
* Post-polio syndrome
* Parkinson's disease
* Alzheimer's disease
* Severe chronic pain
After the board compiles its list of recommendations, Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil will have 10 days to approve or deny the list.
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