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Cannabis for opiod addiction being qualifying condition

aridbud

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she will direct health officials in her administration to begin making opioid addiction a qualifying condition for patients seeking to use medical marijuana.

The Democratic governor's pledge Tuesday came during her first State of State address, which kicks off the Legislature's 60-day session in Santa Fe.

She says the directive follows a longstanding recommendation from the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board, and will come in addition to other state initiatives to address the state's opioid crisis.

She says the other plans include boosting opioid prevention programs and the availability of overdose-reversal drugs like Narcan.

She said cracking down on prescribers and pharmaceutical companies that avert the law would help address the distribution of opioids in New Mexico, in addition to a compassionate approach to addressing addiction.

https://www.kvia.com/news/new-mexic...ts-to-qualify-for-medical-marijuana/977006463
 
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TychoMonolyth

Boreal Curing
Do what ever it takes to get people off that evil shit.

I'm predicting a huge drop in Opioid related overdoses & deaths in Canada due to Cannabis legalization. I know two people who've kicked it with weed. They were people who wanted off, but still...
 

PDX Dopesmoker

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Being a pothead isn't a qualifying condition but being addicted to herion is? Once again potheads are openly discriminated against and just take it sitting down. Is alcoholism a qualifying condition? What about cocaine addiction or kleptomania?
It also worth noting here that NM has some of the highest legal pot prices in the country. When you're on your way there to backdoor your stuff into their legal systems at a high per pound rate, don't miss the Ricardo Montalbon narration of the history of the Rio Grande on the radio if you end up driving route 75 south to north or vice versa.
 

aridbud

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Being a pothead isn't a qualifying condition but being addicted to herion is? Once again potheads are openly discriminated against and just take it sitting down. Is alcoholism a qualifying condition? What about cocaine addiction or kleptomania?
It also worth noting here that NM has some of the highest legal pot prices in the country. When you're on your way there to backdoor your stuff into their legal systems at a high per pound rate, don't miss the Ricardo Montalbon narration of the history of the Rio Grande on the radio if you end up driving route 75 south to north or vice versa.

Nah, I found prices about the same as Colorado. And underground, great genetics...far less expensive than dispensaries due to the competition. Not sure where you got your information.

My guess is you haven't been around many heroine users? Cannabis, there's little, if any, withdrawal. Heroin and opioids on the other hand, not pretty - withdrawal or continued use - it's toll on the body.

It's not discrimination, it's based on what Dept of Health deems cannabis could help. Several other states are considering the same.
 

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