The list of qualifying conditions covered by Ohio’s medical marijuana program grew by one this week, while state regulators rejected a bid to have two others added. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that the state’s medical board committee agreed Wednesday to add cachexia, or wasting syndrome, to the list of conditions for which a patient may qualify for a medical cannabis prescription. For example, if a patient comes in on Day 25 who has not purchased any product during the fill period, that patient may purchase up to a 45-day supply of medical marijuana.” But the same panel of regulators rejected a petition to add autism and anxiety to the list. Ohio’s medical marijuana law, which was established in 2016, allows a prescription for the following medical conditions: AIDS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Crohn’s disease, epilepsy or another seizure disorder, fibromyalgia, glaucoma, hepatitis C, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, pain that is either chronic and severe or intractable, Parkinson’s disease, positive status for HIV, post-traumatic stress disorder, sickle cell anemia, spinal cord disease or injury, Tourette’s syndrome, traumatic brain injury, and ulcerative colitis.
The list of qualifying conditions covered by Ohio’s medical marijuana program grew by one this week, while state regulators rejected a bid to have two others added.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that the state’s medical board committee agreed Wednesday to add cachexia, or wasting syndrome, to the list of conditions for which a patient may qualify for a medical cannabis prescription. But the same panel of regulators rejected a petition to add autism and anxiety to the list.
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