Chronic postoperative pain could soon be eligible for Illinois medical cannabis program
Illinoisans with chronic postoperative pain, or C-POP, may soon be eligible for Illinois’ medical cannabis pilot program.
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Neil Cohen ruled Tuesday that Illinois Department of Public Health Director Nirav Shah improperly used his own study to deny the condition affecting thousands of Illinoisans to the state’s cannabis program. Cohen struck down the denial and ordered Shah to reconsider the condition using only the recommendations from his advisory board, which voted to include CPOP.
Cohen and other Cook County judges have ruled that the department must reconsider other conditions such as migraines and irritable bowel syndrome for the pilot program as well.
Plaintiff’s attorney Michael Goldberg said thousands of Illinoisans could have an alternative to opioid-based painkillers to ease what is often debilitating pain.
“There are thousands of people in Illinois that are addicted to opioids who have no choice but to use them for their...
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