Minnesota Regulators Expand Medical Cannabis Program To Autism & Sleep Apnea

Minnesota regulators will expand the state's medical cannabis program to include both autism and sleep apnea as qualifying conditions. The new qualifying conditions go into effect July 1, 2018.

Advocates petitioned health officials to add new qualifications for a number of conditions, and to permit consumers to access whole-plant cannabis or edibles. On November 30, 2017, the Minnesota Department of Health published the "Petitions To Add Qualifying Medical Conditions To The Medical Cannabis Program: A Report To The Minnesota Commissioner Of Health," by the medical cannabis citizens' review panel. Review panel members reviewed petitions, and heard testimony in . . .