New Conditions for Medical Marijuana

THERE ARE SIX NEW QUALIFYING CONDITIONS FOR ENROLLMENT IN NEW MEXICO’S MEDICAL CANNABIS PROGRAM. TOPPING THE LIST IS OPIOID USE DISORDER, A CONDITION THE MEDICAL CANNABIS ADVISORY BOARD HAD RECOMMENDED IN MARCH.

STATE HEALTH DEPT CABINET SECRETARY KATHY KUNKEL ALSO ADDED ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, AND THREE DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS…LEWY BODY DISEASE, FRIEDREICH’S ATAXIA, AND SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY.

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