US: More Diseases Could Be Treated With Medical Marijuana

[Puffin13]

More Diseases Could Be Treated With Medical Marijuana

N.M. - A medical advisory board is recommending more chronic conditions to the list of patients who can use medical marijuana.

The state already allows its use for pain and other symptoms from 14 debilitating illnesses such as cancer, glaucoma, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease, HIV-AIDS and certain spinal cord injuries.

The state Department of Health added seven of those conditions in February.

The program provides protection from state prosecution for approved patients. It has 284 patients so far.

Now the advisory board is recommending eight more conditions: chronic muscle inflammation accompanied by muscle weakness, severe osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, reactive arthritis, post-polio syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s and severe chronic pain.

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[Twichaldinho]

Thats good news
Anything that can help improve peoples quality of life, as cannabis clearly can for these muscle and joint related problems, is great news IMHO.

[NirvanaEJ]

yup, more good news every day it seems

[SoulRider]

Are you guys beginning to believe me now when I say it is a wonderplant and more people are beginning to wake up to the fact?

Marijuana legalization is the logical conclusion to the story. This is just further proof to me that the truth will not be hidden anymore.

[Twichaldinho]

Are you guys beginning to believe me now when I say it is a wonderplant and more people are beginning to wake up to the fact?

Yep, you and Jack Herer!

[NirvanaEJ]

Are you guys beginning to believe me now when I say it is a wonderplant and more people are beginning to wake up to the fact?

Marijuana legalization is the logical conclusion to the story. This is just further proof to me that the truth will not be hidden anymore.

yup, ten years or less i say, then thousands of industries will rise up from all things that can be created from cannabis/hemp