Autism, 10 New Conditions Now Qualify For Medical Marijuana

MICHIGAN — Eleven new “debilitating medical conditions” have been added to the list approved for Michigan’s medical marijuana patients, the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) announced Monday afternoon. Lara Director Shelly Edgerton approved the following conditions to the list set forth in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act of 2008:

• Arthritis
• Autism
• Chronic Pain
• Colitis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Parkinson’s
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Tourette’s Syndrome
• Ulcerative Colitis

The conditions were approved Edgerton after a majority of the Medical Marihuana Review Panel members recommended approval.

“With the changes in state law to include marihuana-infused products, and the advancement of marihuana research, and upon the recommendation of the panel members, I’ve added these eleven conditions to the approved list,” said Edgerton. “I’d like to thank the members of the review panel for their hard work in discussing these petitions and making their recommendations.”

The following conditions were denied by Edgerton after a majority of the Medical Marihuana Review Panel members recommended denial:

• Anxiety
• Asthma
• Brain Injury
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Gastric Ulcer
• Non-Severe and Non-Chronic Pain
• Organ Transplant
• Panic Attacks
• Schizophrenia
• Social Anxiety Disorder

The Medical Marihuana Review Panel made their recommendations to Edgerton after receiving citizen comments in April and May related to the petitions to add these particular medical conditions to the list of debilitating medical conditions identified in the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, according to officials. The approval or denial of the petitions by Edgerton are considered final department actions.

Effective immediately, these eleven conditions are now added to the following current list of debilitating medical conditions already approved for medical marijuana in the state of Michigan:

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Cancer
• Glaucoma
• Positive status for Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• Hepatitis C
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Crohn's Disease
• Agitation of Alzheimer's disease
• Nail Patella, or the treatment of these conditions.
• A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following:
  • Cachexia or Wasting Syndrome
  • Severe and chronic painSevere nausea
  • Seizures, including but not limited to those characteristic of epilepsy
  • Severe and persistent muscle spasms, including but not limited to those characteristic of multiple sclerosis

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