Minnesota Medical Cannabis Program Quickly Benefits from Expanded Access

The Minnesota medical cannabis program launched in the summer of 2015 with only 9 qualifying conditions, none of which included the one that is typically the largest one in other states, intractable pain. Minnesota’s Department of Health, which oversees the program, added intractable pain in December and allowed health care practitioners to start certifying patients with intractable pain on July 1st, with patients receiving certification eligible to receive medical cannabis beginning August 1st. Just one month later,…