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COLORADO BOARD OF HEALTH TO CONSIDER ADDING PTSD ON MMJ DEBILITATING CONDITIONS LIST

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 07/14/2015 - 23:58

The Colorado Board of Health will hold a meeting tomorrow that could result in another affliction being added to the Medical Marijuana Registry's list of debilitating conditions. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a rising problem among combat veterans, will be considered for approval during a public rule-making hearing aimed at updating the state's medical marijuana regulations.

 

Proponents of cannabis use for PTSD – currently on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's list of denied debilitating conditions – are hoping the disorder will join HIV/AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, cachexia, spasms, severe pain, severe nausea and seizures as an approved condition for medical marijuana. If the state okays that move, it will be following the lead of the United States Senate, which recently passed a bill that allows Veterans Health Administration doctors to prescribe medical marijuana for patients in states where it is legal. 

Roger Martin, director of Operation Grow4Vets and U.S....

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