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IDPH approves four new conditions for medical cannabis treatment

Illinois News Joint

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), after confirming votes from the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board (MCAB), officially added four new conditions to the list of qualifying debilitating condition for Illinois patients in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program.

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MCAB awaits chair appointment for final decision on recommended conditions

Illinois News Joint

During the last few months, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), in conjunction with the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board (MCAB), voted to add four new recommended conditions to list of qualifying debilitating condition for Illinois patients in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program.

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Serious Conditions Are Responding To Cannabinoid Therapy

Peninsula Alternative Health

As medical cannabis emerges from the dark days of prohibition, researchers are finding a wide range of conditions responding successfully to it. Epilepsy Seizure disorders are on the list of qualifying conditions for most medical cannabis states. Because cannabis is still a schedule 1 drug in the U.S.,

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Will Texas Legalize Recreational Marijuana?

Veriheal

The signing of House Bill 1325 by Governor Abbott in 2019 legalized the cultivation of industrial hemp (cannabis containing less than 0.3% According to the Texas Government site, Texass Compassionate Use Program (CUP) allows certain physicians to prescribe low tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) cannabis for medical purposes.

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Louisiana Expands State Medical Marijuana Program

MassRoots

Louisiana’s medical marijuana program may have been established three years ago, but patients were not granted access to medicine until August of 2019 when the first round of the product became available. Home cultivation remains illegal for the more than 4,000 registered medical marijuana patients. House Bill 819. House Bill 418.

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Kentucky Lawmakers Push to Legalize Medical Marijuana

MassRoots

House Bill 136, an amendment to legalize medical marijuana, was introduced in the Kentucky Legislature on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. Lawmakers have been listening to constituents suffering from debilitating diseases, like epilepsy and cancer, who say they would like to have the option to explore how medical cannabis may ease their symptoms.

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Cannabis laws in France

The Cannigma

The plan was initially passed in 2019 but was delayed multiple times, including because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients can take part if they have a medical condition which has not responded to pharmaceutical drugs. Children may be eligible in cases of refractory epilepsy or cancer.

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