Kentucky Governor Signs Executive Order Clarifying Qualifying Conditions For Medical Cannabis
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More than 23,000 Kentuckians already hold a medical cannabis card
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order on Tuesday providing further guidance on which medical conditions qualify for medical cannabis in the commonwealth.
The following conditions were added to the list:
- Terminal illness
- Sickle cell anemia
- ALS
- Parkinson’s disease
- HIV
- AIDS
- Huntington’s disease
- Muscular dystrophy
- Cachexia or wasting syndrome
- Crohn’s disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Neuropathies
- Severe arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Glaucoma
The list for the Kentucky Medical Cannabis program already includes conditions such as chronic pain, cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The governor said that the 2023 law setting up Kentucky’s medical cannabis program did not provide much clarity on which conditions qualified.
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