State Adds Five More Conditions for Medical Marijuana

Friday, March 30, 2018 | 0

New Jersey has added five new categories of health conditions that will be eligible for medical marijuana prescriptions under the state's workers' compensation system, the governor announced.

“We are changing the restrictive culture of our medical marijuana program to make it more patient-friendly,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in a news bulletin. “We are adding five new categories of medical conditions, reducing patient and caregiver fees, and recommending changes in law so patients will be able to obtain the amount of product that they need."

The new conditions include anxiety, migraine headaches, Tourette's syndrome, chronic pain from musculoskeletal disorders, and chronic visceral pain.