On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health released an informative video providing useful tips for those looking to apply to the state’s medical marijuana program.
Two years after Gov. Tom Wolf decided to continue perusing former Gov. Tom Corbett’s pilot medical marijuana program, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) has declared the trial a success and is ready to begin registering patients and caregivers through approved doctors.
Divided into six regions, 27 medical marijuana dispensaries will be judiciously located throughout the state when fully operational, according to state regulators.
Announced via DOH’s Twitter account, more than 100 doctors are currently approved to certify patients to participate in the state’s medical marijuana program. Under the state’s medical marijuana act, the following forms of medication are acceptable: oils, tinctures, pills, topical forms, vaporizers (excluding dry leaf or plant form), or liquids – but not smoking.
The following conditions are covered under Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act:
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Autism
- Cancer
- Crohn’s Disease
- Damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity
- Epilepsy
- Glaucoma
- HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) / AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
- Huntington’s Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Intractable Seizures
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neuropathies
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
- Severe chronic or intractable pain of neuropathic origin or severe chronic or intractable pain in which conventional therapeutic intervention and opiate therapy is contraindicated or ineffective
- Sickle Cell Anemia
Qualifying patients are anticipated to have access to Pennsylvania’s limited forms of medical marijuana within six months.
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