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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Group to push medical marijuana for Autism and Parkinson's after Michigan rejects 🌿Group to push medical marijuana for Autism and Parkinson's after Michigan rejects
Patients with autism and Parkinson’s disease could use medical marijuana under a new effort to overhaul the system in Michigan.
The Michigan Responsibility Council (MRC) announced this week it will push lawmakers to make the state’s medical marijuana system safer and more accessible to qualified patients.
It announced it will include the specific illnesses in its efforts in the wake of a senior state official’s decision on Thursday to reject autism as a qualifying condition.
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Mike Zimmer upended an expert panel’s recommendation that autism be added to the list of conditions. He cited a lack of scientific evidence on its benefits for autism patients and concerns about effects on children.
Prominent Republican political operative Paul Welday chairs MRC. He says Zimmer’s decision “boggles the mind.”
“We believe that the evidence points that it is beneficial, and we are disappointed that one individual can...
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