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New Mexico Adds 7 Conditions To Medical Marijuana Coverage

The State Department of Health has added seven conditions to coverage under the state’s medical marijuana program.

Patients can apply if they have painful peripheral neuropathy, intractable nausea or vomiting, hepatitis C infection if that’s also receiving antiviral treatment. Other conditions include severe anorexia, Crohn’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder and amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The conditions were added Monday based on recommendations of the department’s Medical Advisory Boards and scientific findings that the conditions could be helped by medical cannabis.

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