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Ohio medical marijuana: Panel recommends one new qualifying medical condition

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Proposals to treat autism and anxiety with medical marijuana were rejected Wednesday by a state medical board committee.

The panel recommended the full board approve one new condition: cachexia, or wasting syndrome.

Anxiety, autism spectrum disorder and cachexia had been considered to join the list of 21 qualifying medical conditions included in Ohio’s 2016 medical marijuana law.

An Ohio State Medical Board committee reviewed petitions to add those conditions and sought an expert opinion about cachexia. On Wednesday, the panel recommended approving cachexia, or wasting syndrome, and rejecting autism and anxiety.

The board is expected to make a final decision on the conditions during its July meeting.

Autism, anxiety rejected

The board rejected autism, anxiety and three other conditions last year, the first in which it accepted petitions for new conditions. The petition review committee had recommended the two conditions go forward last year and then reversed its position after hearing from children’s hospitals.

The panel, which met Wednesday via video chat, did not explain why they recommended against adding autism and anxiety.

The board received 136 public comments during a public comment period for the petitions, including pleas to reject the conditions from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus and the Ohio Children’s Hospital Association.

“The inclusion of autism and anxiety as conditions has the potential to negatively…

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Source: https://mmpconnect.com/ohio-medical-marijuana-panel-recommends-one-new-qualifying-medical-condition/

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