The South Dakota Department of Health announced a preliminary list of conditions that will be covered by the state’s medical cannabis program, which went into effect July 1 following the voters’ passage of IM-26 last November.
“Under the law passed by the voters, patients must be experiencing a ‘debilitating medical condition’ and be certified by a doctor that medical cannabis will help alleviate their condition,” South Dakota Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon said. “This preliminary list of conditions meets the definition as passed by the voters, and is a result of feedback the department has already received. A process will be available for South Dakotans to petition to add more conditions to this list in the future.”
The preliminary list of conditions includes:
• Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease;
• Multiple sclerosis (MS);
• Cancer associated with severe or chronic pain, nausea or severe vomiting or cachexia or severe wasting;
• Crohn’s disease;
• Epilepsy and seizures;
• Glaucoma; and
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
These conditions are in addition to the definition of “debilitating medical condition” as passed by the voters in IM-26, which…
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The South Dakota Department of Health announced a preliminary list of conditions that will be covered by the state’s medical cannabis program, which went into effect July 1 following the voters’ passage of IM-26 last November.
“Under the law passed by the voters, patients must be experiencing a ‘debilitating medical condition’ and be certified by a doctor that medical cannabis will help alleviate their condition,” South Dakota Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon said. “This preliminary list of conditions meets the definition as passed by the voters, and is a result of feedback the department has already received. A process will be available for South Dakotans to petition to add more conditions to this list in the future.”
The preliminary list of conditions includes:
• Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV);
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease;
• Multiple sclerosis (MS);
• Cancer associated with severe or chronic pain, nausea or severe vomiting or cachexia or severe wasting;
• Crohn’s disease;
• Epilepsy and seizures;
• Glaucoma; and
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
These conditions are in addition to the definition of “debilitating medical condition” as passed by the voters in IM-26, which…
