Med. cannabis rule broadens

Starting next summer, Minnesota patients suffering from intractable pain will be able to obtain medical cannabis with certification from a health care provider.  

 

Based on the strong support from many Minnesotans and despite opposition from the Advisory Panel on Intractable Pain, Health Commissioner Ed Ehlinger made the decision to include intractable pain as one of the qualifying conditions for medical cannabis. 

 

Still some physicians fear that it’s too soon to name medical cannabis as an effective medical treatment. 

 

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