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Colorado eyes PTSD as ailment eligible for medical pot - TV Newsroom

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sun, 07/19/2015 - 12:30

The Colorado Board of Health is considering adding post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of ailments eligible for treatment with medical marijuana.

Steven Seth McBride speaks during a hearing regarding medical marijuana before the Colorado Board of Health on Wednesday.

After listening to over twenty veterans, victims of abuse and family members of those afflicted with the disorder – all of whom favored PTSD being added to the list – the board voted 6 to 2 against adding PTSD to the list of accepted debilitating conditions.

John Evans, a spokesman for Veterans For Freedoms, which lobbies for medical pot use to treat PTSD symptoms, said the board cited insufficient medical evidence that cannabis helps those afflicted with the mental-health condition. Despite the National Center for PTSD’s stance against marijuana treatment because the evidence is overwhelmingly anecdotal, nine states with medical marijuana programs...

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